Wartime Dissent in America: A History and Anthology

220 Pages·2010·1.37 MB·English

by  Robert Mann (auth.)

Wartime Dissent in America
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Wartime Dissent in America
A History and Anthology
Robert Mann
WARTIME DISSENT IN AMERICA
Copyright © Robert Mann, 2010.
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Wartime dissent in America : a history and anthology / by Robert Mann.
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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1 The American Revolution: “Rebels to the Law of the Kingdom” 11
2 The War of 1812: “Weed Our Country of Traitors” 23
3 The Mexican War: “This Miserable War” 33
4 The Civil War: “This War is Murder, & Nothing Else” 41
5 The Spanish-American War and the Philippine War:
“The Blind Passions of This Country” 59
6 World War I: “The Poison of Disloyalty” 69
7 World War II: “Stop Asking for War” 85
8 The Cold War: “Hurtling Toward War Again” 103
9 The Korean War: “No Substitute for Victory” 115
10 The Vietnam War: “Yellow in Color and Lacking in Courage” 127
11 The Persian Gulf War: “A Headlong Course Toward War” 147
12 The Global War on Terrorism: “The Patriot Games, the
Lying Games” 159
Conclusion 179
Notes 183
Index 205

Acknowledgments
I will never be able to thank properly the friends, colleagues, and scholars who
helped make this book possible. I stand on the shoulders of many imminent histo-
rians and journalists whose research and insights have enlightened and inspired me.
I am also grateful to all those who encouraged my work, especially those who read
portions of the manuscript and offered very useful criticism, including Lawrence
Velvel, John Maxwell Hamilton, Amy Reynolds, Richard Nelson, and Louis Day.
I appreciate the anonymous scholars who read the book in manuscript form and
offered very honest and useful criticism and suggestions. I only wish it were possible
to acknowledge them by name. My good friend and resourceful research assistant,
Katie Knobloch, aided me immensely in numerous ways, including her incisive cri-
tiques of several chapters and her dogged research. I am also grateful to my literary
agent, Nathan Bransford, and to my careful and cheerful editor at Palgrave Macmil-
lan, Chris Chappell, as well as his colleague Erin Ivy, and Sarah Breeding at Scribe
Inc. My colleagues and students at the Manship School of Mass Communication at
Louisiana State University were unfailing with friendship and constant encourage-
ment. Finally, as always and beyond measure, I am blessed with the unconditional
love and support of my family, particularly Cindy, my wife, my best friend, and in
so many ways my inspiration.