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As a leading antiwar figure in the 1960s, Tom Hayden wrote extensively on Vietnam and was one of the small number of Americans engaged in dialogue with both sides during the Paris peace talks. As an Irish American, he spent ten years supporting and writing about the peace process leading up to the Good Friday Agreement. As a California legislator for eighteen years, he devoted himself to writing about and trying to prevent inner-city violence. Hayden remains a stalwart antiwar activist, is credited with initiating the 2005 Congressional exit strategy hearings, and has interviewed Iraqi exiles in the Middle East and London. His urgent book comes from a patient understanding of how conflicts end.
Hayden argues that the Iraq war will end by the application of people pressure against the pillars of the policy. A new kind of antiwar movement, delineated in this groundbreaking original work, can overturn those pillars. For the first time in American history, he writes, an American majority voted against a war in progress in November 2006. This is a book for millions of peace activists, for the undecided public, and for the 2008 presidential candidates as well.
Tom Hayden was a founding member of the Students for a Democratic Society and author of its visionary call, the Port Huron Statement, described by Howard Zinn as one of those historic documents which represents an era.” Hayden was also one of the famous Chicago Seven” protesters during the 1968 Democratic Convention. He was elected to the California State Assembly in 1982, and to the state Senate ten years later, serving eighteen years in all.
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"Antiwar forces are profoundly indebted to Tom Hayden's sharp, practical, strategic thinking, his vast historical knowledge, and his bottomless commitment to peace. The discredited pro-war voices have had their day as 'experts'; it's time to listen to Tom." --Naomi Klein, author of No Logo
As a leading antiwar figure in the 1960s, Hayden wrote extensively on Vietnam and was one of the small number of Americans engaged in dialogue with both sides during the Paris peace talks. As an Irish-American, he spent ten years supporting and writing about the peace process leading up the Good Friday Agreement. As a California legislator, he devoted himself to writing about and trying to prevent inner-city violence. Hayden remains a stalwart antiwar activist and is credited with initiating 2005 Congressional exit-strategy hearings on Iraq. This urgent book comes from a patient understanding of the nature of conflict resolution.
Hayden argues that the Iraq War will end by applying public pressure against the pillars of the Bush Administration's foreign policy. A new kind of antiwar movement, delineated in this groundbreaking work, can help turn the tide of public opinion against the current conflict. For the first time in American history, he writes, an American majority voted against a war in progress in November 2006. This is a book for millions of peace activists, for an undecided public, and for the 2008 presidential candidates as well.
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Tom Hayden brings a lifetime of experience to the challenges of ending the Iraq War.
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Cultural Writing. Political Science. "Tom Hayden's incisive book not only offers a well-informed and humane plan to end this disastrous war, but it is an invaluable testament as to why working for peace is in America's best interest as a democratic republic. For those seeking to understand important post war 'lessons'--read this book. As Hayden argues eloquently, losing the war should be blamed on a superpower mentality (and its proselytizers), not on the peace and justice movement, progressive Democrats, or the American people"--Katrina vanden Heuvel. Tom Hayden was a founding member of the Students for a Democratic Society and author of its visionary call, the Port Huron Statement, described by Howard Zinn as "one of those historic documents which represents an era." He was also one of the famous "Chicago Eight" protesters during the 1968 Democratic Convention. He was elected to the California State Assembly in 1982, and to the State Senate ten years later, serving eighteen years in all.
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Tom Hayden was a founding member of the Students for a Democratic Society and author of its visionary call, the Port Huron Statement, described by Howard Zinn as "one of those historic documents which represents an era." He was also one of the famous "Chicago Seven" protesters during the 1968 Democratic convention. He was elected to the California State Assembly