Slaughterhouse-Five697 reviews Kurt Vonnegut Dial Press Trade Paperback, 1999 The Why of Tralfalmadore + Crazyness + A great book + Essential Vonnegut, still relevant today... + Complex and Compelling             Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles425 reviews Anthony Swofford Pocket, 2005 Jarhead, an honest look at war + its the truth Jarhead is a fantastic read! It is a glimpse into the everyday life of Marine in Desert Storm. The book is pure raw emotion. You get the chance to move to the front lines with a Marine Corps Surveillance and Target Acquisition or S.T.A sniper and see the war through his eyes. It provides an ...             Free to Die for Their Country: The Story of the Japanese American Draft Resisters in World War II (Chicago ...9 reviews Eric L. Muller University Of Chicago Press, 2001 Excellent contrib to Amer. history and profiles of courage + no title + When your country asks too much of you: + Honoring their resistance preserves our freedoms             Working-Class War: American Combat Soldiers and Vietnam6 reviews Christian G. Appy The University of North Carolina Press, 1993 Great stuff Excellent look at the Vietnam War from the eyes of them what really got screwed over. Guess who they were. C'mon. Yup. The working class.             Firestorm: The Bombing of Dresden, 19453 reviews Paul Addison Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 2006 A balanced description of the attack and its aftermath _Firestorm: The Bombing of Dresden, 1945_ consists of ten chapters (including the retrospect) by ten authorities on various aspects of the Dresden raids, from the post-WWI British military theory which in part justified the raids in the eyes of its planners, to the modern day reconstruction of the ...             Non-Violent Resistance (Satyagraha)4 reviews M. K. Gandhi Dover Publications, 2001 purna swaraj + So very few + concretizes Gandhi's ideas + WOW, Essential Gandhi!             The Sea and Poison (New Directions Paperbook, No. 737)13 reviews Shusaku Endo New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1992 The Only Thing Necessary for the Triumph of Evil + The Living Dead + Highest Recommendation + READS LIKE A HAIKU + War - what is it good for?             Alcatraz - Uncle Sam's Devil's Island: Experiences Of A Conscientious Objector In America During The First ...1 review Philip Grosser Kate Sharpley Library, 2007 "A Man of No Importance" This new pamphlet from the Kate Sharpley Library reprints the brief autobiographical account by Philip Grosser of his time in military prisons as a conscientious objector to World War One. Grosser was a well-known anarchist activist in Boston, and one of the first conscientious objectors to the ...             Target Iran: The Truth About the White House's Plans for Regime Change18 reviews Scott Ritter Nation Books, 2006 Excellent refutation of the idiotic idea of attacking Iran + Deja vu Regime Change Again? + A must read Former chief UN weapons inspector in Iraq Scott Ritter, author of Endgame, War on Iraq and Iraq Confidential, has written a brilliant demolition of the case for attacking Iran. He points out, "There was absolutely no evidence whatsoever that linked Iran's efforts to acquire nuclear technology to ...             Mission Rejected: U.S. Soldiers Who Say No to Iraq4 reviews Peter Laufer Chelsea Green, 2006 Award-Winning Journalist Connects the Dots of Pain and Betrayal in Iraq + Great read for those in the military or who are considering joining + Not to be missed! Mission Rejected's author Peter Laufer is a much-honored, veteran journalist who has investigated every known form of human suffering. In this ferociously documented work, Laufer painfully challenges those of us who still support the war and gives poweful aid and comfort to the war's opponets. ...             American Political Prisoners: Prosecutions under the Espionage and Sedition Acts Stephen M. Kohn Praeger Publishers, 1994 This book is the first account of the personal lives of the nearly 1,000 long-term political prisoners arrested under various sedition laws for their opposition to World War I, their trade union activities, or their unpopular political or religious beliefs. Based on the author's exclusive access to the uncensored prison files of many of these prisoners, and information obtained under the federal ...             A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.)636 reviews Howard Zinn Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005 A People's History of the United States + This should be required reading in our schools + Wow! This is a book that everyone should read & should be a requirement in all schools.             The Fog of War: Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara James G. Blight Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2005 The Fog of War provides the background behind the Academy Award-winning documentary by Errol Morris. In this intriguing work, editors James G. Blight and janet M. Lang, who served as academic advisors on the film, bring together film transcripts, documents, dialogues, and essays to explore the issues raised by Robert McNamara's life and work.             War Talk26 reviews Arundhati Roy South End Press, 2003 Urgent And Powerful + Thought-provoking and disturbing + Frank Commentary "War Talk" is an urgent message to the world from one of the great activists of our time, India's Arundhati Roy. In this powerful collection of essays, Roy reflects on the state of the world in the "War On Terror" era and on the disastrous measures undertaken by the Indian government in regards to ...             Three Day Road32 reviews Joseph Boyden Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006 Terrific gut wrenching story... + A 'must read' literary work for medical students + Simply terrific + Three Day Road + Something new (for a change)             Honor above obedience: Lt. Ehren Watada refuses to fight an illegal war.(VIEWPOINT): An article from: ... 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Citation Details ...             Waging Peace: The Art of War for the Antiwar Movement7 reviews Scott Ritter Nation Books, 2007 The peace movement needs help - Here it is + No fan of Hierarchy, but Ritter has a point! + A Pop in the Eye for the PW Pigs + "America will become a nation of war, for war, and defined by war, and as such a nation that will ultimately be consumed by war"             The Things They Carried695 reviews Tim O'Brien Broadway, 1998 Brilliant - Audio version was captivating + Powerful read + TIMELESS + GREAT! + Haunting book!             Smoke Jumping on the Western Fire Line: Conscientious Objectors During World War II2 reviews Mark Matthews University of Oklahoma Press, 2006 Educational and Exciting + A specialized history about conscientious objectors and firefighting This is very detailed history of conscientious objection to war as well as the development of smoke jumping as a means of fighting wildfires in the American West. In addition to being educational, it is also an exciting read. The author has done a great service to his country by recording this part ...             At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68 (America in the King Years)32 reviews Taylor Branch Simon & Schuster, 2006 must read for all americans + Thank you, J. Edgar + Death & Transfiguration + Must read for students if the civil rights movement