Confronting the war machine
Subtitle: draft resistance during the Vietnam War
By: Michael S. Foley.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 449
Subjects: Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Draft resisters -- United States.; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.
Description: "Shedding light on a misunderstood form of opposition to the Vietnam War, Michael Foley tells the story of draft resistance, the cutting edge of the antiwar movement at the height of the war's escalation. Unlike so-called draft dodgers, who left the country or manipulated deferments, draft resisters openly defied draft laws by burning or turning in their draft cards. Like civil rights activists before them, draft resisters invited prosecution and imprisonment.".

"Draft resisters frequently faced hostility from their fellow citizens, family, friends, teachers, and employers. But they also succeeded in building a community to sustain them. Most important, they forced a government that had previously ignored the antiwar movement into taking their actions seriously.

Examining the day-to-day struggle of antiwar organizing carried out by ordinary Americans at the local level, Confronting the War Machine argues for a more complex view of citizenship and patriotism during a time of war."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [425]-438) and index.