HCM City (VNA) – A book entitled “Waging peacein Vietnam” that reflects the mass objection against the war by the US inVietnam between 1968 and 1972 made its first public appearance in Ho Chi MinhCity on September 20.
Director of the War Remnants Museum Tran XuanThao said the 234-page book was compiled by Ron Carver, David Cortright andBarbara Doherty – American veterans who used to take part in the war.
The book gathers stories of American soldiersand anti-war activists collected from newspapers, posters and leaflets. It alsofeatures articles by scholars and anti-war activists like Christian Appy, andChairwoman of the Vietnam Peace and Development Foundation Nguyen Thi Binh whoplayed a key role in the achievement of the 1973 Paris Peace Accords on endingthe war and restoring peace in Vietnam.
Ron Carver, a compiler of the book, said from1968 to 1972, more than 300 anti-war newspapers were published for soldiersserving on camps or war vessels of the US. They reflected the opinions ofhundreds of soldiers coming from the working class and newly-appointed officerswho bravely raised their voice to protest the war and the unfairness in the USmilitary then.
Aside from the book introduction, a photoexhibition on the objection to the unjust war in Vietnam was also opened at theWar Remnants Museum on September 20./.
VNA