Book Review of Pathways to Pacifism and Antiwar Activism among U.S. Veterans: The Role of Moral Identity in Personal Transformation by Julie Putnam Hart and Anjel N. Stough-Hunter

Abstract

This essay reviews Pathways to Pacifism and Antiwar Activism among U.S. Veterans, coauthored by sociologists Julie Putnam Hart and Anjel N. Stough-Hunter. Pathways to Pacifism chronicles the journey of 114 Vietnam, Korea, and Iraq veterans from war supporters to antiwar activists. Hart’s and Stough-Hunter’s research seeks to understand the catalysts that shift veterans from a pro-war to an emphatically antiwar activist stance.

Keywords

• veterans, pacifism, just war, activism, antiwar, identity