Give Peace a Chance: Exploring the Vietnam Antiwar Movement

Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution

by Melvin Small, William D. Hoover, George S. McGovern (Designed by)

This work offers an introduction to the best-known antiwar movement in United States history, written by veterans of the Vietnam War and participants in the movement. It examines how the activities of the movement affected the lives of most Americans.

Genres: History

300 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1992

About the author

Melvin Small is a distinguished professor of history emeritus at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Michigan after receiving his BA from Dartmouth College. Over the past two decades he has concentrated his research and writing on the postwar era, with an emphasis on the Vietnam War, the antiwar movement, and presidents Johnson and Nixon.

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

As with most anthologies, a mixed bag. The essay on CALCAV was the one I found most helpful to my research, but there’s other interesting stuff.