Not in Our Name

American Antiwar Speeches, 1846 to the Present

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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Not in Our Name collects and analyzes the most important antiwar speeches in American history. It is a book about the origins and consequences of America’s wars, but also about the integrity and sacrifices of those who fought on the front lines of dissent. By telling the stories of the people who spoke out in good-faith disagreement with their government and fellow citizens, Not in Our Name records some of the most compelling acts of courage in American politics and some of the most passionate, beautiful, and mighty speeches in American history.In Not in Our Name, Jesse Stellato presents the history of American antiwar speeches in a readable way that is neither pacifist nor partisan, featuring speakers with diverse backgrounds and political beliefs. By combining historical research with a review of classical Greek and Roman rhetorical theory, Not in Our Name also helps answer a fundamental question: “What makes a great antiwar speech?”

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Utgivningsdatum2012-07-16
Mått178 x 254 x 28 mm
Vikt748 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor304
FörlagPennsylvania State University Press
ISBN9780271048680

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ContentsAcknowledgmentsEditor’s NoteIntroduction1Mexican-American WarTheodore Parker Delivers “A Sermon of War”Charles Sumner Calls for the Withdrawal of American Troops from MexicoAbraham Lincoln Inveighs Against President Polk2Civil WarClement Vallandigham Argues That the War Cannot Be WonAlexander Long Proposes Peace at Any Price3Spanish-American War and Philippine InsurrectionMoorfield Storey Warns of a Dangerous and Growing MilitarismCharles Eliot Norton Defines “True Patriotism”Carl Schurz Discusses the Perils Faced by an Occupying ForceCharles Eliot Norton Accuses America of “Counterfeit Patriotism”4World War IWilliam Jennings Bryan Resigns as Secretary of State to Launch an Antiwar CrusadeGeorge Norris Assails the Senate’s War ResolutionRobert La Follette Argues That the War Lacks Popular SupportKate Richards O’Hare Discusses the War’s Degradation of WomenEugene V. Debs Argues That the Working Class Will “Furnish the Corpses” of War5World War IINorman Thomas Discusses War’s Effect on Civil LibertiesRichard Wright Justifies AfricanAmerican Opposition to World War IICharles Lindbergh Asks, “Who Are the War Agitators?”6Korean WarPaul Robeson Declares That Blacks Will Never Fight the Soviet UnionW. E. B. Du Bois Runs for Congress on a Peace Platform7Vietnam WarMartin Luther King Jr. Urges Americans to Go “Beyond Vietnam”Eugene J. McCarthy Celebrates the “Spirit of 1963”Robert F. Kennedy Says of the War in Vietnam: “It Must Be Ended”Shirley Chisholm Demands “People and Peace, Not Profits and War”Fannie Lou Hamer Rallies Antiwar Students at BerkeleyJohn Kerry Testifies on Behalf of Vietnam Veterans Against the War8War on TerrorBarbara Lee Pleads with the House Not to “Become the Evil That We Deplore”Barack Obama Criticizes a “Dumb War”Noam Chomsky Asks, “Why Iraq?”Robert Byrd Chastises the Senate for Standing “Passively Mute”Epilogue: The Globalization of DissentArundhati Roy Rails Against “Imperial Democracy”Appendix A: Full-Text SourcesAppendix B: Rhetorical Devices in Antiwar SpeechesNotesBiographical and Bibliographical NotesIndexCredits

“Jesse Stellato's splendid collection of antiwar speeches, Not in Our Name, presents material unique to the literature of protest and dissent, one of the glories of American letters and a tribute to the power of open democracy and the First Amendment. Stellato's analysis and commentary reveal rich veins of political rhetoric, some more familiar, some unjustly forgotten, while opening up the larger question of how language that is consciously crafted can shape national life and foreign policy. Here the decisions of government may conflict with the will of its citizens. Reading these speeches, we realize that the exercise of power and the power of the aesthetic, the practice of historical interpretation and the creativity of literature, often inhabit the same words.”—James Engell, Harvard University