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Traveling to Vietnam - American Peace Activists and the War (Hardcover, New)
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Traveling to Vietnam - American Peace Activists and the War (Hardcover, New)
Series: Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution
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Traveling to Vietnam is the first book to document the little-known
activities of the American peace activists who traveled to Vietnam
to meet with officials in Hanoi, and with the National Liberation
Front. What began as an effort to provide information about the war
to the American public encouraged travelers to organize mail
deliveries between American prisoners of war in Hanoi and their
families at home. Activists included Mary Clarke of Women Strike
for Peace, Staughton Lynd, former director of the 1964 Mississippi
Freedom schools, Dr. George Perera of Columbia University College
of Physicians and Surgeons ( who researched the effects of
defoliants that Americans used during the war), Elizabeth Boardman
of A Quaker Action Group, Joseph Elder of the American Friends
Service Committee, and actress Jane Fonda. Although Washington
officials opposed their endeavors, seized their passports and bank
accounts, and usually refused to issue licenses for medical
equipment and supplies, the activists continued their efforts. By
1967, they averaged one delegation trip a month to Hanoi. They
continued to bring back news from North Vietnam and won the release
of some American pilots.
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