Paul Benedikt Glatz

Vietnam's Prodigal Heroes (eBook, PDF)

American Deserters, International Protest, European Exile, and Amnesty

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Vietnam's Prodigal Heroes examines the critical role of desertion in the international Vietnam War debate. Paul Benedikt Glatz traces American deserters' odyssey of exile and activism in Europe, Japan, and North America to demonstrate how their speaking out and unprecedented levels of desertion in the US military changed the traditional image of the deserter.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 412
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781978775978
• Artikelnr.: 74848067

Autorenporträt

Paul Benedikt Glatz is independent scholar.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Reconstructing a Marginalized History
Chapter 1: Stepping Out: The Appearance of American Deserters and the
International Debate on War
Refusal
Chapter 2: The Deserters' 1968: Exile Organizing, Politicization and the
Struggle for Recognition
Chapter 3: Asylum and Exile: Consolidation of the Swedish Sanctuary,
Community Building and Exile
Culture
Chapter 4: Amnesty: Deserters and the Debate over Clemency, Exoneration,
and Vindication of Vietnam
War Resisters
Conclusion: History, Memory and Activism