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The Dialectics of Resistance: An Analysis of the GI Movement
Author(s) -
Hayes James R.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1975.tb01016.x
Subject(s) - resistance (ecology) , movement (music) , dialectic , social movement , political science , psychology , criminology , political economy , sociology , law , epistemology , aesthetics , politics , ecology , philosophy , biology
Little attention has been given by social scientists to the attempt by a minority of military personnel to create an antiwar, antimilitary protest movement in the Vietnam‐era military. The purpose of this article is to briefly describe and analyze the GI movement. Particular attention is focused on: (a) some of the factors that were instrumental in the genesis and development of the GI movement, and (b) the military's response to internal resistance. The article concludes with an assessment of the movement and a discussion of some of the reasons why the GI movement was less than successful in mobilizing resistance on a large scale.