"Aid and Comfort"

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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 217
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ISBN-10 : 9781476600475
ISBN-13 : 1476600473
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis "Aid and Comfort" by : Henry Mark Holzer

Jane Fonda's visit to Hanoi in July 1972 and her pro-North Vietnamese, anti-American conduct, especially her pose with an anti-aircraft gun used to shoot down American planes and her propaganda broadcasts directed toward American troops, angered many Americans. In their eyes, she was guilty of treason, but she was never charged by the American legal system. Instead, she has made millions, been the recipient of countless awards, and remained an honored American icon. This work investigates Fonda's activities in North Vietnam and argues that she could have been indicted for treason, that there would have been enough evidence to take the case to a jury, that she could have been convicted, and that a conviction probably would have been upheld on appeal. It also considers Fonda's early life and the effect it had on her behavior and beliefs in her later years, her audience of American POWs who were forced by the Vietnamese to listen to her broadcasts condemning them as war criminals, her arrival in Vietnam and how it was viewed by American servicemen and civilians, the crime of treason throughout history, and the only Congressional inquiry into her actions, which resulted in the government's decision to take no legal action against her. Texts of Fonda's radio broadcasts to American servicemen comprise the appendix.

How to Enjoy Writing

How to Enjoy Writing
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Publisher : Walker & Company
Total Pages : 163
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ISBN-10 : 0802773036
ISBN-13 : 9780802773036
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis How to Enjoy Writing by : Janet Asimov

A guide to writing includes discussions of style, humor, genre fiction, editing, promotion, and children's books

United States Code

United States Code
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 1722
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015066443113
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis United States Code by : United States

Epochalypse

Epochalypse
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Publisher : Legendary Comics
Total Pages : 156
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ISBN-10 : 9781937278625
ISBN-13 : 193727862X
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis Epochalypse by : Jonathan Hennessey

Legendary Comics turns history on its head with the sci-fi adventure Epochalypse, a mind-bending new series from historical author Jonathan Hennessey (The United States Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation; The Gettysburg Address: A Graphic Adaptation) and acclaimed artist Shane Davis (Superman: Earth One, Shadow Walk). When a mysterious space-time phenomenon causes 600 years of human history to collapse into a single era, societies from the past, present and future are forced to coexist in a dystopian civilization. To set the timeline straight, an elite team of Resynchronization Officers must rid the world of Anachronisms -- futuristic artifacts that threaten the very laws of time. To ensure our future, we must undo it. As one defiant officer leads the manhunt for elusive scientist Dr. Tomorrow and notorious outlaw The Salesman, he is challenged by shadowy agencies, rebel militias and forbidden desire. Can our hero save history -- or doom the future? • Compilation of the 6 issue series • Includes bonus materials on the making of the comic From the Trade Paperback edition.

Child of the Civil Rights Movement

Child of the Civil Rights Movement
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Publisher : Dragonfly Books
Total Pages : 49
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ISBN-10 : 9780385376068
ISBN-13 : 0385376065
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis Child of the Civil Rights Movement by : Paula Young Shelton

In this Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year, Paula Young Shelton, daughter of Civil Rights activist Andrew Young, brings a child’s unique perspective to an important chapter in America’s history. Paula grew up in the deep south, in a world where whites had and blacks did not. With an activist father and a community of leaders surrounding her, including Uncle Martin (Martin Luther King), Paula watched and listened to the struggles, eventually joining with her family—and thousands of others—in the historic march from Selma to Montgomery. Poignant, moving, and hopeful, this is an intimate look at the birth of the Civil Rights Movement.

With Malice Toward Some

With Malice Toward Some
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Publisher : UNC Press Books
Total Pages : 430
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ISBN-10 : 9781469614052
ISBN-13 : 1469614057
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis With Malice Toward Some by : William Alan Blair

With Malice toward Some: Treason and Loyalty in the Civil War Era

I Ain’t Marching Anymore

I Ain’t Marching Anymore
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Publisher : The New Press
Total Pages : 306
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ISBN-10 : 9781620973189
ISBN-13 : 1620973189
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Synopsis I Ain’t Marching Anymore by : Chris Lombardi

A sweeping history of the passionate men and women in uniform who have bravely and courageously exercised the power of dissent Before the U.S. Constitution had even been signed, soldiers and new veterans protested. Dissent, the hallowed expression of disagreement and refusal to comply with the government’s wishes, has a long history in the United States. Soldier dissenters, outraged by the country’s wars or egregious violations in conduct, speak out and change U.S. politics, social welfare systems, and histories. I Ain’t Marching Anymore carefully traces soldier dissent from the early days of the republic through the wars that followed, including the genocidal “Indian Wars,” the Civil War, long battles against slavery and racism that continue today, both World Wars, Korea, Vietnam, the Cold War, and contemporary military imbroglios. Acclaimed journalist Chris Lombardi presents a soaring history valorizing the brave men and women who spoke up, spoke out, and talked back to national power. Inviting readers to understand the texture of dissent and its evolving and ongoing meaning, I Ain’t Marching Anymore profiles conscientious objectors including Frederick Douglass’s son Lewis, Evan Thomas, Howard Zinn, William Kunstler, and Chelsea Manning, adding human dimensions to debates about war and peace. Meticulously researched, rich in characters, and vivid in storytelling, I Ain’t Marching Anymore celebrates the sweeping spirit of dissent in the American tradition and invigorates its meaning for new risk-taking dissenters.

Fake Warriors

Fake Warriors
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Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 140109676X
ISBN-13 : 9781401096762
Rating : 4/5 (6X Downloads)

Synopsis Fake Warriors by : Henry Mark Holzer

Fake Warriors lays bare a national scandal: the shocking story of countless men of the Vietnam War era who falsify their military service. Their motives vary - from seeking unearned glory at the expense of authentic heroes, to more tangible benefits like defrauding the V.A. and stealing money from impressionable women. This book will enable every patriotic American who appreciates the contributions of those who serve their country honorably to identify and expose fake warriors in their midst - as well as to help bring about their long overdue punishment.

The Comfort Women

The Comfort Women
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 384
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ISBN-10 : 9780226768045
ISBN-13 : 022676804X
Rating : 4/5 (45 Downloads)

Synopsis The Comfort Women by : C. Sarah Soh

In an era marked by atrocities perpetrated on a grand scale, the tragedy of the so-called comfort women—mostly Korean women forced into prostitution by the Japanese army—endures as one of the darkest events of World War II. These women have usually been labeled victims of a war crime, a simplistic view that makes it easy to pin blame on the policies of imperial Japan and therefore easier to consign the episode to a war-torn past. In this revelatory study, C. Sarah Soh provocatively disputes this master narrative. Soh reveals that the forces of Japanese colonialism and Korean patriarchy together shaped the fate of Korean comfort women—a double bind made strikingly apparent in the cases of women cast into sexual slavery after fleeing abuse at home. Other victims were press-ganged into prostitution, sometimes with the help of Korean procurers. Drawing on historical research and interviews with survivors, Soh tells the stories of these women from girlhood through their subjugation and beyond to their efforts to overcome the traumas of their past. Finally, Soh examines the array of factors— from South Korean nationalist politics to the aims of the international women’s human rights movement—that have contributed to the incomplete view of the tragedy that still dominates today.