FEATURED IN THE PRESS
The release of the Waging Peace in Vietnam book and events celebrating its companion exhibit have drawn and continue to draw attention from the media. Discover the latest press coverage surrounding our efforts to bring historians and veterans together, share the story of the GI protest movement during the Vietnam War, and tie in the history of that war with the struggles of today.
Vets protesting past wars are a lesson for today’s, exhibit leader says
A front page article promotes the exhibit’s arrival at the University of Alaska Southeast and its accompanying events while touching on how lessons from the past can apply to ongoing conflicts.
by Mark Sabbatini
Book Review- Waging Peace in Vietnam: US Soldiers and Veterans Who Opposed the War
A review of the companion book to our exhibit was shared in Peace & Change, a journal of the Peace and Justice Studies Association.
by Ryan J. Kirby
Then and Now: Famous My Lai Photographs Displayed at USD While War in Ukraine Rages
A new exhibit sharing the full collection of Ron Haeberle’s photos of the massacre at My Lai offers juxtaposition to present day strife and seeks to provide lessons about what it takes to speak out against injustices.
by John Wilkens
My Lai Massacre After More Than Half a Century: “It’s Repeating Itself in Ukraine”
War correspondent Ron Haeberle spoke with students at the University of San Diego about the My Lai massacre and compared the current conflict in Ukraine to the history he witnessed and famously documented in Vietnam.
by VOA Vietnamese
Waging Peace in Vietnam Book Review
A Northeastern University professor’s review of Waging Peace in Vietnam was published by The Public Historian, the official publication of the National Council on Public History, a quarterly journal published by University of California Press.
by Martin Blatt
Waging Peace in Memory
An exhibit currently touring U.S. college campuses helps to correct the misremembering of the war in Vietnam.
by Jason A. Higgins
Vietnam Resistance Exhibit at Oakland Library
Oakland Library exhibit highlights soldier resistance that contributed to end of Vietnam war.
How Soldiers Brought a Halt to the U.S. War Machine
Opposition to the Vietnam war burst into a wide range of activism, including wearing anti-war buttons while in uniform, petitions and demonstrations, guerrilla theater, staging hearings about war crimes, and throwing away the medals they earned in Vietnam.
by Roger Bybee
Remembering the Vietnam War Protests
Millions of Americans protested the Vietnam War. Many of them were active-duty service members. Some ended up serving time behind bars for taking a stand against the war.
Connecting the Vietnam Era to Our Times
Half a century later, we still continue to learn new truths about America in the Vietnam War. For an international event that dramatically altered the United States’ public trust in the military, there are still many lessons to learn.
by Isabelle D’Amico
Words Against War: The Birth of the GI Underground Press
In his contribution to Waging Peace in Vietnam, Derek Seidman writes of the rise of underground newspapers produced by active-duty servicemen and their civilian supporters that called for an end to the disastrous US war.
by Derek Seidman
A GI Rebellion: When Soldiers Said No to War
In an era of “forever wars,” it may be hard to imagine organizing among active duty military personnel or newly-minted veterans. Let’s hope that the many examples of grassroots activism described in Waging Peace prove inspirational and instructive.
by Steve Early to Beyond Chron
Waging Peace: Vietnam's Anti-war Exhibition Brings GIs and Viet Cong Together
US anti-war protesters will travel to Ho Chi Minh city for an exhibition that will remind people they were far from a fringe element.
by Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Bangkok
GIs Provided Powerful Voices Against the War
Hippies made the history books, but servicemembers risked prison.
by Thomas Maresca Special to USA TODAY
The Contradictions of 1968: Drafted for War, The Westmoreland Cohort Opted for Peace
Jerry Lembke, author of The Spitting Image, exposing the myth of antiwar protesters spitting on returning soldiers, offers a personal and analytical look at the impact of draftees on America's difficulties prosecuting the Vietnam War. He ties this to the Waging Peace in Vietnam exhibit and the related conference at the University of Notre Dame.
by Jerry Lembke
Why American soldiers were on front lines of anti-Vietnam-war movement
Ho Chi Minh City exhibition recalls how American GIs organised protests, published underground newspapers and served jail time in their efforts to bring peace to Southeast Asia.
by Gary Jones
