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The New Soldier (the book that John Kerry doesn't want anyone to read)
Alibris ^ | 1971 | Kerry, John, and Vietnam Veterans Against the War

Posted on 08/22/2004 12:03:09 PM PDT by I'mPeach

Here's your chance to own a first edition copy of The New Soldier by John Kerry.
Three copies availabe from $727.95 to $2,502.95

Or you can read the book at Winter Soldier.com.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: antiwar; bookreview; kerry; kerryrecord; protest; thenewsoldier; vvaw
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1 posted on 08/22/2004 12:03:09 PM PDT by I'mPeach
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To: I'mPeach

BTTT!!


2 posted on 08/22/2004 12:05:30 PM PDT by The Mayor (God gives grace for this life and glory in the life to come.)
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To: I'mPeach

BTTT!!


3 posted on 08/22/2004 12:05:59 PM PDT by The Mayor (God gives grace for this life and glory in the life to come.)
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To: I'mPeach

BUMP FOR THE SUPPORT OF SWIFT VETS HERE... http://www.swiftvets.com/


4 posted on 08/22/2004 12:06:11 PM PDT by freddiedavis
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To: I'mPeach; All
To read the latest on the Franchurian Candidate's bizzare exploits, click the picture, goto "last," and work backwards:


5 posted on 08/22/2004 12:10:47 PM PDT by backhoe (1990's? Decade of Frauds. 2000's? Decade of Lunatics...)
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To: I'mPeach

the price is a bit much for me, but BUMP for later.

I can think of a few other Books Kerry doesn't want people to read.


6 posted on 08/22/2004 12:12:36 PM PDT by escapefromboston
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To: I'mPeach
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Preface

Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) began inconspicuously in 1967 when six Vietnam veterans marched together in an anti- war demonstration in New York. This small group of veterans, taking the first step in spreading the concept of anti-war Vietnam veterans, questioned by many about their authenticity, and lacking in funds, were more interested in putting across their ideas through the media than in building a big organization. The organization grew slowly.

During the political campaigns of 1968 the idea began to spawn, and many peace campaigns included small contingents of anti-war veterans. Gradually, through chance more than through the concerted efforts of any one group, the idea of a separate veterans peace group spread and a growing number of these veterans joined VVAW. Yet by April 1970 the organization had only 600 members.

In August 1970, VVAW members confronted the national convention of American Legionnaires in Portland, Oregon. Two weeks later, groups of veterans gave public witness to their experiences in Vietnam with vivid performances of guerilla theater on an 80-mile walk from Morristown, New Jersey, to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Armed with rifles and red paint and using professional actors as "innocent civilians," they attempted to bring home what search and destroy missions in Indochina were really all about.

In February 1971, about 150 anti-war veterans met in a Howard Johnson's motor lodge in Detroit and conducted hearings on the acts of violence which they had either committed or witnessed during their tours in Vietnam. The hearings were called The Winter Soldier Investigation, a term derived from Thomas Paine, who had written in 1776: "The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country." These veterans identified with those soldiers who had endured the grueling winter of 1776 at Valley Forge, and they came together in Detroit to tell Americans what their country was really doing in Vietnam. Many wanted to purge the guilt which grew out of an inability to find any moral reason for the brutality, the waste, the destruction, which they had seen. Some of their anguished testimony appears in the following pages. (The entire testimony was read into the Congressional Record by Senator Mark Hatfield, April 6-7, 1971).

Television barely covered the event in Detroit. It was a time when the news of the war crimes trial of Lieutenant William Calley was being broadcast over network television almost every night. Numerous people, including those connected with the news media, did not believe that many of these men were Vietnam veterans.

Something positive had to come out of Detroit, some hope for the future. It was difficult for these men to swallow the public's indifference. Out of the frustration grew the idea of a march on Washington. On April 18, 1971, about a thousand Vietnam veterans, each bearing some proof that he had been in Vietnam, arrived in Washington and set up a campsite near the Lincoln Memorial, ready to try once again to bring their case before the country. The pictures in this book recount what happened to them during the remarkable week which ensued.

But behind the pictures of the events in Washington lie the anti-war veterans themselves. Who are they? John Kerry spoke eloquently before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about why the veterans had come to Washington. A study conducted while the veterans were encamped on the Mall was even more revealing (see Appendix). Most of these veterans had come from the very heart of Middle America. Few had finished college, unable to capitalize on college draft deferments. Most were under twenty-five and had enlisted in the service. But perhaps most significantly, the study reveals that the majority of the anti-war veterans in Washington, once of moderate conservative outlook, had been radicalized by their experiences in Vietnam. It is their hope that Vietnam will not be just an immoral and obscene memory, but rather, as Kerry said before the Senate committee, "the place where America finally turned and where soldiers like us helped it in the turning." Thus, the New Soldier.

D.T. (David Thorne)
G.B. (George Butler)

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Next -- The New Soldier: Kerry Testimony

Here are some pictures!


7 posted on 08/22/2004 12:13:09 PM PDT by SubMareener
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To: backhoe
Spend your money supporting www.SwiftVets.com
 
I can hardly wait to see the SwiftVets 28 minute documentary due out in September.

8 posted on 08/22/2004 12:13:12 PM PDT by Wolverine (A Concerned Citizen)
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To: The Mayor
Also available at Amazon for $500.
While you're there, read the reviews... just for fun.
9 posted on 08/22/2004 12:14:40 PM PDT by I'mPeach
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To: I'mPeach
Who knew that the flip-flopping, war record hiding, rich madwoman marrying, fool of himself-making, treason and libel-committing skunk's book would be commanding such hugh prices today. Hope the money from the sales goes to a good cause!

John Kerry: Traitor (on back of shirt)

10 posted on 08/22/2004 12:17:01 PM PDT by phroebe (Why would 250 Swift Boat Vets lie and risk complete economic ruination?)
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To: I'mPeach

Somebody please scan and OCR this literary masterpiece so it can be posted on the net for all to see!

usenet and P2P


11 posted on 08/22/2004 12:34:50 PM PDT by Bobalu (This is not the tag line you are looking for.....move along (waves hand))
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To: I'mPeach
I've seen the book offered at eBay. At the time one was up to $399, the other one (supposedly autographed) was up to $840. I guess I'll visit Winter Soldier to read it.

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12 posted on 08/22/2004 1:00:52 PM PDT by CaraM
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To: I'mPeach
FARFRUMRIT 9/11


Like most Vets I have a vitriolic hatred for this guy. He specifically set out to stop a war by utilizing the backs of the very Vets he served with and with absolutely no consideration for anybody but his own ambitions.
13 posted on 08/22/2004 1:06:47 PM PDT by jongaltsr (Hope to See ya in Galt's Gultch.)
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To: I'mPeach

It's good to see he finally plucked his eyebrows........i think he got rid of the top one.


14 posted on 08/22/2004 1:16:47 PM PDT by longfellow (You're either with US or from Hollywood! Ultimateamerican.com)
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To: I'mPeach

If it was copyrighted, how can Winter Solider republish all or most of the book's content without getting sued by Kerry?


15 posted on 08/22/2004 1:17:25 PM PDT by CedarDave (Viet Nam Vet, USN Coastal Div. 13, Cat Lo, XO USCG patrol boat, 1968: No atrocities on my watch!)
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To: I'mPeach

iz that guy in the lower left hand side of the picture blownin' him a bong hit??


16 posted on 08/22/2004 1:20:05 PM PDT by kennyboy509 (Ha! I kill me!)
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To: CedarDave

Most of it is from Kerry's testimony before congress and the Winter Soldier hearings which are in the public domain. I doubt it would be worth bringing a lawsuit.

Gerald Nicosia's Home to War is a good history of the Vietnam Vets movement.

http://www.geraldnicosia.com/html/geraldframeset2.html?htow/gnveterans.html~content


17 posted on 08/22/2004 1:36:18 PM PDT by ari
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To: CedarDave
From www.wintersoldier.com

"...we present an overview of the book, along with most of the text and selected photographs..."

Sorry, I should have said that you can read excerpts of the book. Also, if Kerry sued, it would only bring more attention to the book. Did you get a good look at the cover? You won't see that on Alibris or Amazon.

18 posted on 08/22/2004 1:57:16 PM PDT by I'mPeach
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To: phroebe
btt



19 posted on 08/22/2004 3:40:05 PM PDT by Cacique (quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat)
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To: I'mPeach

Anyone here know Richard Mellon Scaife?


Scaife should obtain a copy and reprint it. Make Kerry sue to squelch it.


"Senator Kerry, what are you hiding in your book?"


20 posted on 08/22/2004 3:43:49 PM PDT by Petronski (Like sittin' on pins and needles, things fall apart. It's scientific.)
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