The Peace Script
Framing Violence in US Anti-War Dissent
Published on 31. August 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-8173-6218-8 (ISBN)
Description
Manthey's analysis of protest rhetoric-ranging from speeches to newsletters to documentaries-illustrates how the study of grassroots activism is key to understanding how U.S. warfare is tied to debates about culture and national identity.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Alabama
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
5 b&w figures
Dimensions
Height: 221 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8173-6218-8 (9780817362188)
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Person
Dominic J. Manthey is assistant professor of communication studies at the University of South Dakota. His peer-reviewed scholarship has appeared in Journal for the History of Rhetoric, Rhetoric Society Quarterly, and Rhetoric & Public Affairs.
Content
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Fighting War by Scripting Peace
Chapter 1. Rehearsing a Masculine Peace in the Copperhead Movement
Chapter 2. Violent Compassion in the Anti-Imperialist League
Chapter 3. Scripting a Spectacle in Henry Ford's Peace Expedition
Chapter 4. Maternal Peace and Memory in the Mothers' Movement
Chapter 5. Rewriting the National Script: Vietnam Veterans against the War
Conclusion: The Remnants of "Negative" Peace and the Future of War
Notes
Bibliography
Index