We Who Dared to Say No to War: American Antiwar Writing from 1812 to Now
Autor Murray Polner, Thomas E., Jr. Woodsen Limba Engleză Paperback – 8 sep 2008
We
Who
Dared
to
Say
No
to
Waruncovers
some
of
the
forgotten
but
compelling
body
of
work
from
the
American
antiwar
tradition—speeches,
articles,
poetry,
book
excerpts,
political
cartoons,
and
more—from
people
throughout
our
history
who
have
opposed
war.
Beginning
with
the
War
of
1812,
these
selections
cover
every
major
American
war
up
to
the
present
and
come
from
both
the
left
and
the
right,
from
religious
and
secular
viewpoints.
There
are
many
surprises,
including
a
forgotten
letter
from
a
Christian
theologian
urging
Confederate
President
Jefferson
Davis
to
exempt
Christians
from
the
draft
and
a
speech
by
Abraham
Lincoln
opposing
the
1848
Mexican
War.
Among
others,
Daniel
Webster,
Mark
Twain,
Andrew
Carnegie,
Grover
Cleveland,
Eugene
Debs,
Robert
Taft,
Paul
Craig
Roberts,
Patrick
Buchanan,
and
Country
Joe
and
the
Fish
make
an
appearance.
This
first-ever
anthology
of
American
antiwar
writing
offers
the
full
range
of
the
subject's
richness
and
variety.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781568583853
ISBN-10: 1568583850
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
ISBN-10: 1568583850
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
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Notă biografică
Murray
Polneris
a
freelance
editor
and
writer
whose
work
has
appeared
inWashington
Monthly,Commonweal,The
Nation,Columbia
Journalism
Review,
and
theJewish
Week,
among
others.
He
lives
in
Great
Neck,
New
York.Thomas
E.
Woods,
Jr.,
is
a
senior
fellow
at
the
Ludwig
von
Mises
Institute.
His
numerous
books
include
theNew
York
TimesbestsellerThe
Politically
Incorrect
Guide
to
American
History.
Woods
lives
in
Auburn,
Alabama,
with
his
wife
and
three
daughters.
Recenzii
Library
Journal
“History repeats itself, and Polner and Woods remind us that both Leftist dissent against jingoism and Rightist opposition to governments swollen by war run throughout American history.”
Booklist
“Representing both sides of the ideological divide, editors Polner and Woods have collected a vast and varied array of speeches, essays, letters, poetry, even popular song lyrics, from our country?s greatest leaders and civilians to illustrate the indelible and instinctive response war-mongering and war evoke.... With current antiwar rhetoric...running at a fevered pitch, such historical documentation demonstrates, sadly, that it is also running true to course.”
Scott McConnell, editor ofThe American Conservative
“You don?t have to oppose all American wars to appreciate Tom Woods and Murray Polner?s masterful anthology. These essays vividly demonstrate why `dissent is patriotic? is no mere peacenik slogan.”
Bob Keeler,NewsdayEditorial Board
“Standing up to the rhetoric of war is never easy.We Who Dared to Say No to Warprovides today?s private-citizen peacemakers and public officials with the valuable assurance that others have spoken prophetically against wars for most of our nation?s history. Polner and Woods deserve our deep gratitude for assembling these brave speeches from wars past.”
“History repeats itself, and Polner and Woods remind us that both Leftist dissent against jingoism and Rightist opposition to governments swollen by war run throughout American history.”
Booklist
“Representing both sides of the ideological divide, editors Polner and Woods have collected a vast and varied array of speeches, essays, letters, poetry, even popular song lyrics, from our country?s greatest leaders and civilians to illustrate the indelible and instinctive response war-mongering and war evoke.... With current antiwar rhetoric...running at a fevered pitch, such historical documentation demonstrates, sadly, that it is also running true to course.”
Scott McConnell, editor ofThe American Conservative
“You don?t have to oppose all American wars to appreciate Tom Woods and Murray Polner?s masterful anthology. These essays vividly demonstrate why `dissent is patriotic? is no mere peacenik slogan.”
Bob Keeler,NewsdayEditorial Board
“Standing up to the rhetoric of war is never easy.We Who Dared to Say No to Warprovides today?s private-citizen peacemakers and public officials with the valuable assurance that others have spoken prophetically against wars for most of our nation?s history. Polner and Woods deserve our deep gratitude for assembling these brave speeches from wars past.”
Texas
Observer
“Turns out strange bedfellows are common in the history of American anti-war sentiment, as evidenced in the new anthologyWe Who Dared to Say No To War.... Together [Polner and Woods have] assembled almost two centuries? worth of writing condemning American military actions from the War of 1812 to more recent misadventures in the Middle East, while celebrating the fact that the noble cause of peace in this country has often attracted wildly opposing un-likes.... Democracy and war, these pieces collectively suggest, may be the strangest, and worst, bedfellows of all.”
BuzzFlash.com
“We stopped counting the number of wonderful advocates of peace in this book. It?s like finally finding a kindred group of like minds with whom you can feel at home.... This is an anthology well worth the read. It might also help you feel that peace is a battle worth waging, so to speak.”
OpEdNews.com
“Read it and weep ... and cheer. Weep because we?ve been lied into wars in very similar ways for two centuries and have had to discover the deception anew each time. Cheer because some people have been there to denounce the lies on the spot every time, and their ranks have steadily grown.”
“Turns out strange bedfellows are common in the history of American anti-war sentiment, as evidenced in the new anthologyWe Who Dared to Say No To War.... Together [Polner and Woods have] assembled almost two centuries? worth of writing condemning American military actions from the War of 1812 to more recent misadventures in the Middle East, while celebrating the fact that the noble cause of peace in this country has often attracted wildly opposing un-likes.... Democracy and war, these pieces collectively suggest, may be the strangest, and worst, bedfellows of all.”
BuzzFlash.com
“We stopped counting the number of wonderful advocates of peace in this book. It?s like finally finding a kindred group of like minds with whom you can feel at home.... This is an anthology well worth the read. It might also help you feel that peace is a battle worth waging, so to speak.”
OpEdNews.com
“Read it and weep ... and cheer. Weep because we?ve been lied into wars in very similar ways for two centuries and have had to discover the deception anew each time. Cheer because some people have been there to denounce the lies on the spot every time, and their ranks have steadily grown.”