Who spoke up?: American protest against the war in Vietnam, 1963-1975

by N.L. Zaroulis

460 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1985

Reviews

[Gary Wells · Rating 4 out of 5]

“There is a refreshing lack of political bias in this text, which may be hard to believe. But I do think that the text itself - the telling of what actually took place; the facts - makes a strong statement about those in control of the country at this time and the decisions that were made regarding Vietnam. I think it would be hard to go into a debate and to defend these decisions, to claim that anything positive came out of engaging in the fight in Vietnam in the first place and staying at it so long. I found the reading of Who Spoke Up? so very rewarding because of its breadth and depth and because it is about not just events but a whole philosophy. I think at some points I was almost resentful of the book because it seemed to be taking so long to get through it and because it was such a weighty topic but what acute satisfaction I feel having finished it. I enjoyed the many side trips it prompted me to take, drilling down on specific things I ran into like The Pentagon Papers, Kent State and the people in the iconic photos from that tragedy and the veterans who occupied the Statue of Liberty. This was quite a journey and I feel edified. So rewarded. Here is the joy of following your gut, taking the book home, digging in and staying with it. This is the payoff that can come from a good book.”

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