Taken from Myth and Memory by Kim Scipes (reviewer):
Hardhats, Hippies and Hawks: The Vietnam Anti-war Movement as Myth and MemoryBy Penny Lewis
(ILR Press, 2013)
Penny Lewis has written an important book about the Vietnam anti-war movement, challenging important myths and received memories that have affected US politics ever since. The myth, on which much received wisdom is based, is that it was upper middle class folks and elites who opposed the war, while working class Americans supported it. The reality, she quotes from Howard Zinn, is that "throughout the Vietnam War, Americans with only a grade-school education were much stronger for withdrawal than Americans with a college education."
Lewis spends considerable time supporting her argument. While she notes that initially the anti-war movement was populated and led mainly by activists from elite universities, this didn't last long.... Read More
