Arthur J. Amchan, "The Peaceniks: The thankless job of trying to keep America out of war"
English | ISBN: 0961713283 | 2019 | 222 pages | EPUB | 12 MB
English | ISBN: 0961713283 | 2019 | 222 pages | EPUB | 12 MB
Biographical sketches of 7 U.S. Senators who risked their political careers to oppose the rush to war: Paul Wellstone (Iraq); Wayne Morse, Ernest Gruening, George McGovern and Frank Church (Vietnam); Robert Lafollette, Sr., George W. Norris and James K. Vardaman (World War I)“A historical study profiles United States senators who took unpopular stands against wars…The result is a sophisticated and illuminating discussion of some iconically courageous and divisive political stands. A perceptive, well-informed take on a vital though rarely celebrated tradition in American politics. (Kirkus Reviews, April 2020)”