Can fiction enhance our understanding of the past? In his latest novel, Edward Wilson — a U.S. Special Forces officer in the…
Lawrence S. Wittner
Lawrence ("Larry") Wittner was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, and attended Columbia College, the University of Wisconsin, and Columbia University, where he received his Ph.D. in history in 1967. Thereafter, he taught history at Hampton Institute, at Vassar College, at Japanese universities (under the Fulbright program), and at SUNY/Albany. In 2010, he retired as professor of history emeritus. A writer on peace and foreign policy issues, he is the author or editor of twelve books and hundreds of published articles and book reviews and a former president of the Peace History Society. Since 1961, he has been active in the peace, racial equality, and labor movements, and currently serves as a national board member of Peace Action (America's largest grassroots peace organization) and as executive secretary of the Albany County Central Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO. On occasion, he helps to fan the flames of discontent by performing vocally and on the banjo with the Solidarity Singers. His latest book is Working for Peace and Justice: Memoirs of an Activist Intellectual (University of Tennessee Press). More information about him can be found at his website: http://lawrenceswittner.com.
Although fundamentalist fanatics have been working for decades to turn the United States into a “Christian Nation,” they have not had much…
In the midst of a nationwide election campaign in which many politicians trumpet their support for the buildup and employment of U.S.…
About a third of the way through The Path to Zero: Dialogues on Nuclear Dangers (Paradigm, 2012), David Krieger, one of the…
One of the most widely-advertised but falsest claims in American politics is that the modern Republican Party stands for “small government.” …
It’s often said that nuclear weapons have protected nations from military attack. But is there any solid evidence to bolster this contention? …
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (better known as NATO) is in the news once again thanks to a NATO Summit meeting in…
Try a Little Nuclear Sanity On February 8, 2012, Congressman Edward Markey (D-MA) took to the floor of the U.S. House of…
Michael T. Klare’s The Race for What’s Left: The Global Scramble for the World’s Last Resources (Metropolitan Books, 2012). Is it possible…
How I Happened to Write My Memoirs By Lawrence Wittner As I’m not a famous politician, movie star, or athlete, people might…
