Lisa Leitz
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816680450
- eISBN:
- 9781452948522
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816680450.003.0007
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Movements and Social Change
Although the Iraq War ended, the military peace movement continues organizing to stop the over-extension of the military and better address the traumas facing servicemembers returned from war. The ...
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Although the Iraq War ended, the military peace movement continues organizing to stop the over-extension of the military and better address the traumas facing servicemembers returned from war. The book’s findings are used to deepen theory about the civilian-military divide and the role of emotions and identity in social movements.Less
Although the Iraq War ended, the military peace movement continues organizing to stop the over-extension of the military and better address the traumas facing servicemembers returned from war. The book’s findings are used to deepen theory about the civilian-military divide and the role of emotions and identity in social movements.
Lisa Leitz
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816680450
- eISBN:
- 9781452948522
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816680450.003.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Movements and Social Change
This chapter opens showing the heartbreak behind the military peace movement and then lays out its theoretical and informational context. Briefly describes the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars (with ...
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This chapter opens showing the heartbreak behind the military peace movement and then lays out its theoretical and informational context. Briefly describes the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars (with timeline), differences/similarities between Iraq and Vietnam, relationship between U.S. civilians and military, and social movement literature on emotions and identity.Less
This chapter opens showing the heartbreak behind the military peace movement and then lays out its theoretical and informational context. Briefly describes the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars (with timeline), differences/similarities between Iraq and Vietnam, relationship between U.S. civilians and military, and social movement literature on emotions and identity.
Lisa Leitz
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816680450
- eISBN:
- 9781452948522
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816680450.003.0003
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Movements and Social Change
Military peace movement members were outsiders in both the military and the peace movement because they tried to be connected to both, but they believe that this combined identity enhanced the ...
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Military peace movement members were outsiders in both the military and the peace movement because they tried to be connected to both, but they believe that this combined identity enhanced the movement’s attempts to effect change. Four social-psychological motivations for unlikely activists (information, value redefinition, hardship, and networks) are identified.Less
Military peace movement members were outsiders in both the military and the peace movement because they tried to be connected to both, but they believe that this combined identity enhanced the movement’s attempts to effect change. Four social-psychological motivations for unlikely activists (information, value redefinition, hardship, and networks) are identified.
Lisa Leitz
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816680450
- eISBN:
- 9781452948522
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816680450.003.0004
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Movements and Social Change
The military peace movement organizations acted as a family, and this allowed activists to move beyond the negative emotions of powerlessness (fear, guilt, shame and unfocused anger) brought on by ...
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The military peace movement organizations acted as a family, and this allowed activists to move beyond the negative emotions of powerlessness (fear, guilt, shame and unfocused anger) brought on by war and develop emotions of resistance (righteous anger, love, and group pride). This emotional transformation helped sustain the movement.Less
The military peace movement organizations acted as a family, and this allowed activists to move beyond the negative emotions of powerlessness (fear, guilt, shame and unfocused anger) brought on by war and develop emotions of resistance (righteous anger, love, and group pride). This emotional transformation helped sustain the movement.
Lisa Leitz
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816680450
- eISBN:
- 9781452948522
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816680450.003.0006
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Movements and Social Change
A close examination of one tactic, anti-war war memorials, demonstrates how activists intentionally elicit emotions, such as grief and sadness, to increase the impact of their message. Activists drew ...
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A close examination of one tactic, anti-war war memorials, demonstrates how activists intentionally elicit emotions, such as grief and sadness, to increase the impact of their message. Activists drew on emotional symbols of death to draw bystanders into their tactics and encourage resonance with their message.Less
A close examination of one tactic, anti-war war memorials, demonstrates how activists intentionally elicit emotions, such as grief and sadness, to increase the impact of their message. Activists drew on emotional symbols of death to draw bystanders into their tactics and encourage resonance with their message.
Lisa Leitz
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816680450
- eISBN:
- 9781452948522
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816680450.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Movements and Social Change
This book offers a window into an intriguing and previously unexamined segment of the anti-Iraq War movement comprised of veterans and military families. The book documents important political and ...
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This book offers a window into an intriguing and previously unexamined segment of the anti-Iraq War movement comprised of veterans and military families. The book documents important political and ideological diversity within the U.S. military community and demonstrates how military experiences can motivate peace activism. Through descriptions of the tragic and moving experiences of activists, it outlines how the current lack of a military draft may be contributing to a new civilian-military divide where civilians have little connection to the sacrifices of the all-volunteer force, which negatively impacts the peace movement. This book advances social movement scholarship by demonstrating how emotions and identity shaped this movement and were used by the movement to make claims. Activists created a multi-organization movement where they could combine two seemingly contradictory aspects of their lives: an intimate connection to the military and anti-war activism. The bonds between military peace movement activists transformed their negative emotions from war, including fear and guilt, into emotions of resistance, including righteous anger and group pride. Activists strategically deployed their combined military and peace activist identities in order to attract attention from the media and others, assert authority on issues relating to the military and war, challenge dominant pro-war framings of the Iraq War, and heighten the emotional resonance of tactics such as war memorials.Less
This book offers a window into an intriguing and previously unexamined segment of the anti-Iraq War movement comprised of veterans and military families. The book documents important political and ideological diversity within the U.S. military community and demonstrates how military experiences can motivate peace activism. Through descriptions of the tragic and moving experiences of activists, it outlines how the current lack of a military draft may be contributing to a new civilian-military divide where civilians have little connection to the sacrifices of the all-volunteer force, which negatively impacts the peace movement. This book advances social movement scholarship by demonstrating how emotions and identity shaped this movement and were used by the movement to make claims. Activists created a multi-organization movement where they could combine two seemingly contradictory aspects of their lives: an intimate connection to the military and anti-war activism. The bonds between military peace movement activists transformed their negative emotions from war, including fear and guilt, into emotions of resistance, including righteous anger and group pride. Activists strategically deployed their combined military and peace activist identities in order to attract attention from the media and others, assert authority on issues relating to the military and war, challenge dominant pro-war framings of the Iraq War, and heighten the emotional resonance of tactics such as war memorials.
Lisa Leitz
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816680450
- eISBN:
- 9781452948522
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816680450.003.0002
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Movements and Social Change
Embedded in a wide spectrum of military-identified organizations critical of U.S. government policies, the military peace movement had four main organizations. Activists within these faced greater ...
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Embedded in a wide spectrum of military-identified organizations critical of U.S. government policies, the military peace movement had four main organizations. Activists within these faced greater risks for peace movement participation than their civilian counterparts, and these risks helped to bind this movement together.Less
Embedded in a wide spectrum of military-identified organizations critical of U.S. government policies, the military peace movement had four main organizations. Activists within these faced greater risks for peace movement participation than their civilian counterparts, and these risks helped to bind this movement together.
Lisa Leitz
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816680450
- eISBN:
- 9781452948522
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816680450.003.0005
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Movements and Social Change
Activists strategically deployed their combined military/peace identities in order to attract attention, demonstrate legitimacy, reframe “patriotism” and “troop support” in ways that promoted peace, ...
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Activists strategically deployed their combined military/peace identities in order to attract attention, demonstrate legitimacy, reframe “patriotism” and “troop support” in ways that promoted peace, and reach those unconvinced by traditional peace movement frames. Identity strategies were controversial, though.Less
Activists strategically deployed their combined military/peace identities in order to attract attention, demonstrate legitimacy, reframe “patriotism” and “troop support” in ways that promoted peace, and reach those unconvinced by traditional peace movement frames. Identity strategies were controversial, though.
