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Crossing boundaries in the Americas, Vietnam, and the Middle East : a memoir
- Title
- Crossing boundaries in the Americas, Vietnam, and the Middle East : a memoir / by Ron Young ; preface by David K. Shipler.
- Author
- Young, Ronald J., 1942-
- Publication
- Eugene, Or. : Resource Publications, ©2014.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | CT275.Y59 A3 2014 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Shipler, David K., 1942-
- Description
- xvii, 299 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
- Subject
- Young, Ronald J., 1942-
- 1900-1999
- Civil rights workers > United States > Biography
- Peace movements > United States > History > 20th century
- Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Protest movements
- Draft resisters > United States
- Social action > Latin America > History > 20th century
- Peace-building > Middle East
- Peace > Religious aspects
- Défenseurs des droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Biographies
- Mouvements pacifistes > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle
- Mouvements des droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle
- Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 > Contestation
- Insoumis (Militaires) > États-Unis
- Action sociale > Amérique latine > Histoire > 20e siècle
- Paix > Aspect religieux
- Civil rights movements
- Civil rights workers
- Draft resisters
- Peace-building
- Peace movements
- Protest movements
- Social action
- Latin America
- Middle East
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Autobiography
- Autobiographies.
- Biographies.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Growing-up: from playing war to following Jesus -- Going south: "Hey boy, are you one of them civil rights workers?" -- Visiting Latin America: a Yankee in Haiti, Dominican Republic and El Salvador -- Meeting the Vietnamese "enemy:" resisting the draft; mass marches in D.C. -- Visiting Saigon and Hanoi and returning twenty years after the war is over -- Moving to the Middle East: learning Israeli and Palestinian stories and hopes -- The other side won't disappear: negotiations and problems getting to peace -- American Jews, Christians and Muslims -- conflict or cooperation for peace? -- Working for peace from home: family and friends kept me going -- Heads of religious organizations unite for peace: but there is no peace -- Afterword: lessons and hope going forward.
- ISBN
- 9781625647658
- 1625647654
- OCLC
- ocn897386100
- 897386100
- SCSB-8984573
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library