Resisting Reagan: The U.S. Central America Peace MovementA comprehensive analysis of the U.S. Central America peace movement, Resisting Reagan explains why more than one hundred thousand U.S. citizens marched in the streets, illegally housed refugees, traveled to Central American war zones, committed civil disobedience, and hounded their political representatives to contest the Reagan administration's policy of sponsoring wars in Nicaragua and El Salvador. Focusing on the movement's three most important national campaigns—Witness for Peace, Sanctuary, and the Pledge of Resistance—this book demonstrates the centrality of morality as a political motivator, highlights the importance of political opportunities in movement outcomes, and examines the social structuring of insurgent consciousness. Based on extensive surveys, interviews, and research, Resisting Reagan makes significant contributions to our understanding of the formation of individual activist identities, of national movement dynamics, and of religious resources for political activism. |
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... Vietnam Frame 244 9.4 Botching - Democracy Frame 245 9.5 9.6 Wayward - America Frame 247 Imperial - America Frame 248 A.1 States with Great Number of Central America Organizations 389 A.2 Most and Least Organized States Relative to ...
... Vietnam Frame 244 9.4 Botching - Democracy Frame 245 9.5 9.6 Wayward - America Frame 247 Imperial - America Frame 248 A.1 States with Great Number of Central America Organizations 389 A.2 Most and Least Organized States Relative to ...
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... Vietnam War , the Free South Africa , and the Nuclear Freeze movements . The importance of many of these social movements has been matched by a plethora of popular and academic literature describ- ing , analyzing , and explaining them ...
... Vietnam War , the Free South Africa , and the Nuclear Freeze movements . The importance of many of these social movements has been matched by a plethora of popular and academic literature describ- ing , analyzing , and explaining them ...
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... Vietnam War " ( Arnson 1988 : 35 ) and " the most divisive foreign policy issue in the United States since the Vietnam War " ( Falcoff 1984 : 361 ) . Should not all the major actors in such a struggle be examined and understood ? Second ...
... Vietnam War " ( Arnson 1988 : 35 ) and " the most divisive foreign policy issue in the United States since the Vietnam War " ( Falcoff 1984 : 361 ) . Should not all the major actors in such a struggle be examined and understood ? Second ...
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... Vietnam debacle set for the 1970s a tone of introspection and insecurity . Watergate reinforced that tone , creating in American citizens a profound distrust of their own government . Meanwhile , in 1973 frustrated Americans , waiting ...
... Vietnam debacle set for the 1970s a tone of introspection and insecurity . Watergate reinforced that tone , creating in American citizens a profound distrust of their own government . Meanwhile , in 1973 frustrated Americans , waiting ...
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... Vietnam — was because of U.S. timidity and indecisiveness . With regard to Cuba , according to Pastor ( 1987 : 231 ) ... Vietnam as an immoral or fool- ish war . Vietnam itself was not a mistake . To the contrary , Vietnam was , in ...
... Vietnam — was because of U.S. timidity and indecisiveness . With regard to Cuba , according to Pastor ( 1987 : 231 ) ... Vietnam as an immoral or fool- ish war . Vietnam itself was not a mistake . To the contrary , Vietnam was , in ...
Contents
part two The Movement Emerges | 57 |
Illustrations follow page 208 | 209 |
part three Maintaining the Struggle | 209 |
part four Assessing the Movement | 363 |
The Distribution and Activities of Central America Peace Movement Organizations | 387 |
Notes | 393 |
Bibliography | 419 |
Index | 453 |
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