TY - BOOK AU - Hunt,Andrew E. TI - The Turning: A History of Vietnam Veterans Against the War SN - 9780814744505 AV - DS559.62.U6 H86 1999eb U1 - 959.704/31 21 PY - 2022///] CY - New York, NY : PB - New York University Press, KW - Veterans KW - Political activity KW - United States KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Vietnam War, 1961-1975 KW - Protest movements KW - HISTORY / Military / Vietnam War KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; 1 The Highest Form of Patriotism --; 2 To Redeem the Promise Lost --; 3 The War Itself Is a War Crime --; 4 Prelude to an Incursion --; 5 The Turning --; 6 The Spirit of ’71 --; 7 The Last Patrol --; 8 Making Peace --; 9 Reflections --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index --; About the Author; restricted access N2 - The anti-Vietnam War movement in the United States is perhaps best remembered for its young, counterculture student protesters. However, the Vietnam War was the first conflict in American history in which a substantial number of military personnel actively protested the war while it was in progress. In The Turning, Andrew Hunt reclaims the history of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW), an organization that transformed the antiwar movement by placing Vietnam veterans in the forefront of the nationwide struggle to end the war. Misunderstood by both authorities and radicals alike, VVAW members were mostly young men who had served in Vietnam and returned profoundly disillusioned with the rationale for the war and with American conduct in Southeast Asia. Angry, impassioned, and uncompromisingly militant, the VVAW that Hunt chronicles in this first history of the organization posed a formidable threat to America's Vietnam policy and further contributed to the sense that the nation was under siege from within. Based on extensive interviews and in-depth primary research, including recently declassified government files, The Turning is a vivid history of the men who risked censures, stigma, even imprisonment for a cause they believed to be "an extended tour of duty." UR - https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814744505.001.0001 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814744505 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780814744505/original ER -