The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan

by Dahr Jamail

Overview

An award-winning journalist tells the hidden story of American soldiers turning against an unjust war.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781931859882
Publisher:	Haymarket Books
Publication date:	07/01/2009
Pages:	230
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 7.60(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Dahr Jamail's reporting from Iraq has been published in newspapers and magazine worldwide. He has appeared on Democracy Now! as a regular guest, as well as BBC, Pacifia Radio, and numerous other networks.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS
Foreword 9
Introduction 23
1. Resistance in Iraq
2. Quarters of Resistance
3 Speaking out
4 AWOL
5 Organized Resistance
6 Resisting Sexism
7. Resisting Discrimination
8 Suicide
9 Cyber Resistance
10 Art as Resistance
11 Standing UP

Editorial Reviews

"Jamail's human portrait of the men and women who turned away from the project of empire should serve as a beacon." —Chris Hedges

"Dahr Jamail is one of very few journalists who have displayed the courage—physical, intellectual, and moral courage—to tell the truth about the invasion of Iraq. In this outstanding book, he describes the often secret resistance within the US military." —John Pilger

“Based on his experiences as an investigative reporter in Iraq and in his frequent conversations with Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, Jamail vividly portrays issues of conscience for military personnel during wartime. As a woman veteran, I thank him for exposing sexual assault and rape in the military—including the warning that of women seeking help from the Veteran’s Affairs, one in three has been sexually assaulted while in the military. Jamail’s work provides indispensable help in our understanding of the costs of war to our own military as well as to countries the United States occupies.”  —Ann Wright, Retired U.S. Army Reserves Colonel and U.S. diplomat who resigned in opposition to the Iraq War

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