The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan — When Obedience Breaks
What happens when the people expected to carry out a policy begin to believe that obedience itself is causing harm?
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Using The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan by Dahr Jamail as our lens, this investigation examines dissent within the U.S. military during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Jamail documents a spectrum of resistance among soldiers and veterans: quiet mission avoidance, public criticism, conscientious objection, AWOL, organized antiwar activism, and refusal of…
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