The Peaceniks: The thankless job of trying to keep America out of war - Paperback

by Arthur J. Amchan (Author)

Biographical sketches of 7 U.S. Senators who risked their political careers to oppose the rush to war: Paul Wellstone (Iraq); Wayne Morse, Ernest Gruening, George McGovern and Frank Church (Vietnam); Robert Lafollette, Sr., George W. Norris and James K. Vardaman (World War I)"A historical study profiles United States senators who took unpopular stands against wars...The result is a sophisticated and illuminating discussion of some iconically courageous and divisive political stands. A perceptive, well-informed take on a vital though rarely celebrated tradition in American politics. (Kirkus Reviews, April 2020)"