War Against War: The American Fight for Peace, 1914-1918

This book is about the Americans who tried to stop their nation from fighting in one of history's most destructive wars and then were hounded by the government when they refused to back down. In the riveting War Against War, Michael Kazin brings us into the ranks of the largest, most diverse, and most sophisticated peace coalition up to that point in U.S. history.



They came from a variety of backgrounds: wealthy and middle and working class, urban and rural, white and black, Christian and Je...