Who Spoke Up?: American Protest Against the War in Vietnam, 1963-1975

by Nancy Zaroulis, Gerald Sullivan

An analysis of American protest against the Vietnam War discusses the events, personalities, and ramifications of the movement

Genres: History, Nonfiction

460 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Nancy Zaroulis aka Cynthia Peale writes fiction and nonfiction. In her spare time she enjoys photography, museums, a good movie, knitting, and cooking. Not a sports fan, but keep your eye on that 8-year-old chess champ (in 2019) in New York!

Reviews

[Larry · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a vividly told, non-scholarly account of the anti-Vietnam War movement. One of its strengths is the extensive quotations (some based on interviews) with prominent participants. From the authors' point of view, the anti-war movement owned its success to the "doers" like Sidney Peck, Tom Cornell, Bradford Lyttle, and Norma Becker. They have harsh words for Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin and unsympathetic portrayals, at times, of Tom Hayden (too willing to use the rhetoric of violence) and the Berrigans (too self-righteous). One of its weaknesses is that the transitions between subject in the chapters is often quite abrupt.

[Andy Hill · Rating 4 out of 5]

An older book, but that's a good thing since many of the principal players were still around to be interviewed, and thus the details aren't second hand or embellishments. It does, however, tend to get bogged down at times with too many details about the various acronym groups and the arguments and disputes between them.

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

Poorly organized and overly long.

[Andrew · Rating 2 out of 5]

Of value to academics or sentimentalists in "the movement," but tedious to any other reader. Couldn't finish. One data dump after another.