The antiDVietnam War movement marked the first time in American
history that record numbers marched and protested to an antiwar
tune_on college campuses, in neighborhoods, and in Washington.
Although it did not create enough pressure on decision-makers to
end U.S. involvement in the war, the movement's impact was
monumental. It served as a major constraint on the government's
ability to escalate, played a significant role in President Lyndon
B. Johnson's decision in 1968 not to seek another term, and was a
factor in the Watergate affair that brought down President Richard
Nixon.
At last, the story of the entire antiwar movement from its
advent to its dissolution is available in Antiwarriors: The Vietnam
War and the Battle for America's Hearts and Minds . Author Melvin
Small describes not only the origins and trajectory of the
antiDVietnam War movement in America, but also focuses on the way
it affected policy and public opinion and the way it in turn was
affected by the government and the media, and, consequently, events
in Southeast Asia.
Leading this crusade were outspoken cultural rebels including
Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, as passionate about the cause as the
music that epitomizes the period. But in addition to radical
protestors whose actions fueled intense media coverage, Small
reveals that the anti-war movement included a diverse cast of
ordinary citizens turned war dissenter: housewives, politicians,
suburbanites, clergy members, and the elderly.
The antiwar movement comes to life in this compelling new book
that is sure to fascinate all those interested in the Vietnam War
and the turbulent, tumultuous 1960s.
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