Waging Peace in Vietnam at UMB U.S. Soldiers and Veterans Who Opposed the War September 3 - 20, 2019

Waging Peace in Vietnam at UMB  U.S. Soldiers and Veterans Who Opposed the War September 3 - 20, 2019 The new academic year is just around the corner and the Joiner Institute is busy on new projects for this year including an upcoming exhibition, Waging Peace, about the U.S. Soldiers and Veterans Who Opposed the Vietnam War. Join us on Sept. 12 for the opening reception and on Sept. 18 for an Intergenerational Veterans Panel on campus hosted by Fred Marchant. Waging Peace flyer  We are  honored to host the traveling exhibition (and soon-to-be book from NYU Press)  Waging Peace in Vietnam: U.S. Soldiers and Veterans Who Opposed the War  from September 3 - September 20 in the Grossman Gallery of the Healey Library at UMass Boston in collaboration with UMass Boston Archives and Special Collections and o rganized by Ron Carver, of the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington D.C. The show was been exhibited in Vietnam and at the Kroc Institute for Peace Studies at Notre Dame. Join us on September 12 from 4-6 pm for an opening reception for "Waging Peace". Vietnamese food from the local Dorchester neighborhood will be served.  O n Wednesday, September 18 join us for a intergenerational veterans panelhosted by Fred Marchant and a discussion with  student veterans  and Vietnam era veterans about war, peace, patriotism, dissent and service. Light refreshments will be served.  View the exhibition panels online at the   Waging Peace website. Read two articles about the Waging Peace exhibit in  The Guardian UK and  USA Today  Click here for a press release for the exhibit. If you have further questions, or would like to be a part of the intergenerational veterans panel, please email mitch.manning@umb.edu. Click for book info About the Waging Peace exhibition: Opposition and Resistance from within all branches of the military made a real difference to the course of America's engagement in Vietnam. By 1968, every major peace march in the United States was led by active duty GIs and Vietnam War veterans. By 1970, large numbers of active-duty military personnel were marching in protest in US cities and hundreds of soldiers and marines in Vietnam were refusing to fight. Eventually the US Armed Forces were no longer able to sustain large-scale offensive operations. Yet this history is largely unknown. The Waging Peace exhibit and  book tell this story through essays, oral histories, photographs, documents, and the pages of the underground press, written by and for active-duty GIs.  Waging Peace in Vietnam shows how the GI movement unfolded, from the numerous antiwar coffee houses springing up outside military bases, to the hundreds of GI newspapers giving an independent voice to active soldiers, to the stockade revolts and the strikes and near-mutinies on naval vessels and in the air force. The book presents first-hand accounts, oral histories, and a wealth of underground newspapers, posters, flyers, and photographs documenting the actions of GIs and veterans who took part in the resistance. In addition, the book features fourteen original essays by leading scholars and activists. Click for Facebook event page. William Joiner Institute for the Study of War and Social Consequences www.umb.edu/joinerinstitute STAY CONNECTED with the JOINER INSTITUTE:

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