David Cortright
Cortright, David, Soldiers in Revolt: The American Military Today
Cortright, David, Gandhi and Beyond: Nonviolence for the Age of Terrorism
Offers a contemporary analysis of Gandhi, while tracing how subsequent US figures and campaigns have applied and enhanced an understanding of ‘applied nonviolence’ that is an effective methodology rooted in values, including feminist values.
Cortright, David; Watts, Max, Left Face: Soldier Unions and Resistance Movements in Modern Armies
The chapter ‘The Philippines: another Portugal?’, pp. 220-28, challenges the view that the Reformed Armed Forces Movement was ever a revolutionary movement, concluding ‘The primary thrust for the overthrow of Marcos and the installation of Cory Aquino came from the people themselves, notably the church and the middle classes’.
Cortright, David, Peace: A History of Movements and Ideas
Chapters 7 and 8 cover anti-nuclear weapon campaigns, opposition to Vietnam and Iraq wars, resistance in the military and also draft resistance and conscientious objection.