Lawrence S. Wittner
Auteur de Rebels Against War: The American Peace Movement, 1933-1983
A propos de l'auteur
Lawrence S. Wittner, emeritus professor of history at the University at Albany, SUNY, is the author of numerous scholarly works, including the award-winning, three-volume The Struggle Against the Bomb. Among other awards and honors, he has received major grants or fellowships from the National afficher plus Endowment for the Humanities, the American. Council of, Learned Societies, the. Aspen Institute, the United States Institute of Peace, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. afficher moins
Œuvres de Lawrence S. Wittner
One World or None: A History of the World Nuclear Disarmament Movement Through 1953 (1993) 18 exemplaires
Confronting the Bomb: A Short History of the World Nuclear Disarmament Movement (2009) 18 exemplaires
The Struggle Against the Bomb : Resisting the Bomb - A History of the World Nuclear Disarmament Movement, 1954-1970… (1997) 16 exemplaires
Toward Nuclear Abolition: A History of the World Nuclear Disarmament Movement, 1971-Present (2003) 16 exemplaires
American Intervention in Greece, 1943-1949: A Study in Counterrevolution (Columbia Contemporary American History… (1982) 9 exemplaires
Working for Peace and Justice: Memoirs of an Activist Intellectual (Legacies of War) (2012) 8 exemplaires
Rebels against war 1 exemplaire
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1941-05-05
- Sexe
- male
- Lieu de naissance
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Études
- Columbia University (Ph.D, History)
University of Wisconson (M.A., History) - Organisations
- Council on Peace Research in History (now the Peace History Society)
Membres
Critiques
Listes
The Cold War (1)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 13
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 183
- Popularité
- #118,259
- Évaluation
- 4.2
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 26
The book is fast-paced, very entertaining in its portrayal of the infiltration of corporations in places of learning. A revolt is bound to happen, but how, when and by whom? The characters, or perhaps more correctly caricatures in the book are probably in evidence already. In fact, they are so well-drawn I felt myself back working in university joking with my friends about what we perceived at the time. I'll leave it to the readers to enjoy those who populate this book.
Lawrence S. Wittner gives us lots of laughs and monkeys in a barrel while presenting a story that is already an issue in many places of learning. Revolts? Yes, if they are not here yet they will be. Congratulations on presenting with with great tongue-in-cheek humour what the future could and quite possibly will be. A word of warning, wear a thick skin when you read, but take the caricatures with their personalities as they come.… (plus d'informations)