By Richard Lemm Dee Knight’s “political memoir and manifesto” My Whirlwind Lives, with a central focus on the long struggle to win universal amnesty for Vietnam era draft dodgers and military deserters, has several outstanding virtues. First, it is a valuable history...
Dee Knight’s review of The Untold History of the United States, by Oliver Stone & Peter Kuznick This is among the most important books of 20th century U.S. history, because it tells the whole truth, in detail, with excellent photos and illustrations. At...
By Peter Laufer at the Hollywood Progressive A review of “My Whirlwind Lives”, by Dee Knight For those of us who lived through the Vietnam War – at home in the United States or elsewhere – reading Dee Knight’s page-turner memoir of the times is a reliving...
Todd tells of the trials and tragedies of deserters with the familiarity of being one himself, even though his education and professional background set him apart. By Dee Knight at the Hollywood Progressive Jack Todd’s memoir of desertion is like a coming-of-age novel...
My Whirlwind Lives by Dee Knight, Guernica Editions Reviewed by Buff Whitman-Bradley at Veterans For Peace Back in the mid-60s, when I was first getting involved in the opposition to the war in Viet Nam, I had a conversation with an older activist who told me...
