Guys Like Me

Klappentext Over the last few decades! as the US has become embroiled in foreign war after foreign war! some of the most vocal activists for peace have been veterans. Guys Like Me introduces us to five ordinary men who have done extraordinary work as peace activists. This is a saga of men who are committed to replacing endless war with lasting peace Zusammenfassung Guys Like Me introduces us to five ordinary veterans from different generations who have done extraordinary work as peace activists. Michael A. Messner reveals how the horror and trauma of the battlefront motivated onetime warriors to reconcile with former enemies, crusade for justice, and heal themselves and others.

Autorentext

MICHAEL A. MESSNER is a professor of sociology and gender studies at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He is the author or editor of many books, including Some Men: Feminist Allies and the Movement to End Violence Against Women, King of the Wild Suburb: A Memoir of Fathers, Sons and Guns, and No Slam Dunk: Gender, Sport and the Unevenness of Social Change (Rutgers University Press).

Klappentext

Guys Like Me introduces us to five ordinary veterans from different generations who have done extraordinary work as peace activists. Michael A. Messner reveals how the horror and trauma of the battlefront motivated onetime warriors to reconcile with former enemies, crusade for justice, and heal themselves and others.

Zusammenfassung
Guys Like Me introduces us to five ordinary veterans from different generations who have done extraordinary work as peace activists. Michael A. Messner reveals how the horror and trauma of the battlefront motivated onetime warriors to reconcile with former enemies, crusade for justice, and heal themselves and others.

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Contents

Prologue

Chapter 1
Projects of Peace

Chapter 2
There Is No “Good War”
Ernie “Indio” Sanchez, World War II

Chapter 3
Being Honorable
Wilson “Woody” Powell, Korean War

Chapter 4
Paying Off My Karmic Debt
Gregory Ross, The American War in Vietnam

Chapter 5
You Clock In, You Go Kill People
Daniel Craig, The Gulf War

Chapter 6
Laying the Tracks
Jonathan W. Hutto, Sr., Operation Iraqi Freedom

Chapter 7
This Is Our Service

References

Notes