Vietnam's prodigal heroes : American deserters, international protest, European exile, and amnesty
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Vietnam's prodigal heroes : American deserters, international protest, European exile, and amnesty
（War and society in modern American history）
Lexington Books, c2021
- : cloth
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Bibliography: p. 329-352
Includes index
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Description
This book examines the critical role of desertion in the international Vietnam War debate. Paul Benedikt Glatz traces American deserters' odyssey of exile and activism in Europe, Japan, and North America to demonstrate how unprecedented levels of desertion in the US military changed the traditional image of the deserter.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Reconstructing a Marginalized History
Chapter 1: Stepping Out: The Appearance of American Deserters and the International Debate on War
Refusal
Chapter 2: The Deserters' 1968: Exile Organizing, Politicization and the Struggle for Recognition
Chapter 3: Asylum and Exile: Consolidation of the Swedish Sanctuary, Community Building and Exile
Culture
Chapter 4: Amnesty: Deserters and the Debate over Clemency, Exoneration, and Vindication of Vietnam
War Resisters
Conclusion: History, Memory and Activism
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