{"product_id":"unconventional-combat-michael-a-messner-9780197573648","title":"Unconventional Combat: Intersectional Action in the Veterans' Peace Movement","description":"In recent decades, there has been a generational shift of the US veterans' peace movement, from one grounded mostly in the experiences of older white men of the Vietnam War era, to one informed by a young, diverse cohort of post-9\/11 veterans. In \u003cem\u003eUnconventional Combat\u003c\/em\u003e, Michael A. Messner traces this transformation through the life-history interviews of six veterans of color to show how their experiences of sexual and gender harassment, sexual assault, racist and homophobic abuse during their military service has shaped their political views and action. Drawing upon participant observation with the Veterans For Peace and About Face organizations and interviews with older male veterans as his backdrop, Messner shows how veterans' military experiences form their collective \"situated knowledge\" of intersecting oppressions. This knowledge, Messner argues, further shapes their intersectional praxis, which promises to transform the veterans' peace movement and potentially link their anti-militarist work with other movement groups working for change. As intersectionality has increasingly become central to the conversation on social movements, \u003cem\u003eUnconventional Combat\u003c\/em\u003e is not only a story about the US veterans' peace movement, but it also offers broad relevance to the larger world of social justice activism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael A. Messner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0197573649\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197573648\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2022","brand":"Michael A. Messner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995342176511,"sku":"9780197573648","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_79a40a49-78ba-4ab5-9ba6-3c77f22d6588.jpg?v=1683335280","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/unconventional-combat-michael-a-messner-9780197573648","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}