Our grief is not a cry for war : the movement to stop the war on terror / Jeremy Varon.
| Author/creator | Varon, Jeremy, 1969- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2025. |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | viii, 476 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- "Reconciliation, not revenge": the antiwar response to 9/11 -- "The way to prevent more deaths is not to kill more people": arguing the war in Afghanistan -- "The dominant frame is war": the birth of the antiwar movement -- "Not in our name": from the war in Afghanistan to the war in Iraq -- Uniting for peace and justice -- "The world says no to war": a day of global protest -- "To bomb this site would be a war crime": from "stop the war" to shock and awe -- "Are we protesting the war or the occupation?": the us war in Iraq -- From "Bring 'em on" to "Bring them home": the unraveling of the Iraq war -- "Sorry, everybody, we tried": the antiwar movement and the reelection of George W. Bush -- "Real support for the troops": the antiwar movement and military dissent -- "Fervent calls for peace": the turning of the Iraq war -- "The end of an error" and endless war -- Conclusion. |
| Abstract | "An original history of the popular movement against the War on Terror-the greatest case of "we told you so" in modern political history. Just after 9/11, President George W. Bush climbed the rubble where the World Trade Center had stood. Surrounded by shouts of anger, he said, "The people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon!" With these words, Bush ushered in the War on Terror. Quickly, a global protest movement mobilized against it, reshaping the political, moral, and media landscape. Jeremy Varon's Our Grief Is Not a Cry for War is the definitive history of that movement. Millions of Americans participated in thousands of acts of protest, from demonstrations to civil disobedience to peace encampments in Iraq. On February 15, 2003, up to 30 million people worldwide took to the streets in the largest protest in human history. But this enormous outcry was not enough to stop the US invasion of Iraq. Varon explores the limits to the movement's power but also shows how it worked to make opposition to the Iraq War a part of public debate, hastening its end and limiting the broader War on Terror. In the book, you'll meet the families of the 9/11 victims, Iraq War veterans, and Gold Star families who spoke out against war. Written with a lively and revelatory voice, Our Grief Is Not a Cry for War illuminates the passion of the peace movement, the mark it made, and the enduring legacies of the War on Terror"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2025008179 |
| ISBN | 9780226827681 |
| ISBN | 0226827682 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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