An Army of None: Strategies to Counter Military Recruitment, End War, and Build a Better World

By David Solnit and Aimee Allison

Book Overview

Every day in the United States, military recruiters enter the halls of high schools equipped with a goodie bag of promises and free copies of the US Army's official new video game America's Army. Assurances of non-combat positions and college money made largely to teens of colour and low-income communities rarely materialize upon real-life service. Army of None is a comprehensive guide to counter-recruitment campaigns, from personal counselling to legislative change to direct action. Contains compelling photos and artwork, spoken word, sample fact sheets and more.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583227555
• ISBN13: 9781583227558
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Seven Stories Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

The author should be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for writing this book

Army of None should be handed out in high schools across the nation. If I had the money, I would do so. The US military has billions of dollars to spend on recruitment every year, and they need every penny of it. How else could they make murder so appetizing to the youth of our country? They hand out key fobs, coffee cups, and ball caps, and all they ask in return is the lives of our children. What a great deal, huh? Army of None is one of the best tools we have to fight back against the war machine and those who support it. That, and teaching our kids to avoid the military at all costs.

Amazing

This book is amazing. Its like a handbook for counter-recruiters, i.e. people who go out and speak the truth about the military and its lies. The first third of it is a mind-blowing description of how far the military goes to recruit youth. The second section provides a wealth of suggestions and annecdotes for counter-recruiting. And the last section is all about building people power, which is a sustainable movement that confronts not just the Iraq or Afghan wars, but an imperialist system that regularly uses wars to bully the rest of the world.