Kill A Commie For Christ

Slogan at a demonstration in support of the Vietnam War, New York, 1966

During the Vietnam war there were hardcore pro-war protestors in the messed up mix of U.S. politics. My point is, today’s “Christian” Nationalists are the fascist offspring of a previous generation. This image is strictly to jog your memory…

Kill A Commie For Christ - The basis of Christian Nationalism
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Antiwarriors: The Vietnam War and the Battle for America's Hearts and Minds (Vietnam: America in the War Years)
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Antiwarriors: The Vietnam War and the Battle for America’s Hearts and Minds (Vietnam: America in the War Years) by Melvin Small

The anti-Vietnam War movement marked the first time in American history that record numbers marched and protested to an antiwar tune_on college campuses, in neighborhoods, and in Washington. Although it did not create enough pressure on decision-makers to end U.S. involvement in the war, the movement’s impact was monumental. It served as a major constraint on the government’s ability to escalate, played a significant role in President Lyndon B. Johnson’s decision in 1968 not to seek another term, and was a factor in the Watergate affair that brought down President Richard Nixon.
At last, the story of the entire antiwar movement from its advent to its dissolution is available in Antiwarriors: The Vietnam War and the Battle for America’s Hearts and Minds . Author Melvin Small describes not only the origins and trajectory of the antiDVietnam War movement in America, but also focuses on the way it affected policy and public opinion and the way it in turn was affected by the government and the media, and, consequently, events in Southeast Asia.

Leading this crusade were outspoken cultural rebels including Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, as passionate about the cause as the music that epitomizes the period. But in addition to radical protestors whose actions fueled intense media coverage, Small reveals that the anti-war movement included a diverse cast of ordinary citizens turned war dissenter: housewives, politicians, suburbanites, clergy members, and the elderly.

The antiwar movement comes to life in this compelling new book that is sure to fascinate all those interested in the Vietnam War and the turbulent, tumultuous 1960s.


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