Classroom resources
The Good Soldier
www.thegoodsoldier.com
Arrange a classroom screening of this highly-acclaimed documentary, featuring Madison veteran Will Williams. This film portrays five combat veterans from different wars: World War II, Vietnam, the Gulf War and the war in Iraq. Speakers available from Veterans for Peace. Contact: info@tamewisconsin.org
Arlington West: the moviewww.arlingtonwestfilm.com
Interviews with U.S. Soldiers traveling to and from war zones, military families whose children were killed in Iraq, veterans, and youth. A 27-minute classroom version (with Spanish subtitles) presents diverse viewpoints essential for academia, honors our fallen, and contains no graphic imagery. Local members of Military Families Speak Out and Iraq war veterans can join a classroom presentation in your community. Contact: mail@arlingtonwestfilm.com or
Tel + Fax (323) 650-8166. View the film trailer.
The Ground Truth: After the Killing Ends
www.thegroundtruth.org/film.html
This film documents the stories of American men and women who heeded the call for military service in Iraq as they experience recruitment and training, combat, homecoming, and the struggle to reintegrate with families and communities. DVD available at Blockbuster, Netflix, many public libraries
Soldiers of Conscience
www.socfilm.com A full-length documentary film available on DVD. From West Point grads to drill sergeants, from Abu Ghraib interrogators to low ranking reservist-mechanics; soldiers in the US Army today reveal their deepest moral concerns about what they are asked to do in war. The film features soldiers who became conscientious objectors during their service and those who believe in their duty to kill if necessary. Shown on PBS in 2008. DVD available for purchase on the web site or contact info@tamewisconsin.org to borrow a copy.
FROM WOUNDED KNEE TO IRAQ: A CENTURY OF U.S. MILITARY INTERVENTIONS
Web site with list and links to more information
This basic primer, created by Zoltan Grossman, faculty member of Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, is an attempt to brief readers who have not closely followed the history of U.S. foreign or military affairs, and are perhaps unaware of the background of U.S. military interventions abroad, but are concerned about the direction of our country toward a new war in the name of "freedom" and "protecting civilians."
Powerpoint slideshow
The Good Soldiers (book)
us.macmillan.com/thegoodsoldiers
Between January 2007 and June 2008, Pulitzer Prize-winning David Finkel spent eight months with a battalion of 800 United States Army soldiers from Fort Riley, Kansas. Finkel brilliantly captures the terrors of ordinary men enduring extraordinary circumstances.