Ending the War in Iraq

“Antiwar forces are profoundly indebted to Tom Hayden’s sharp, practical, strategic thinking, his vast historical knowledge, and his bottomless commitment to peace. The discredited pro-war voices have had their day as ‘experts’; it’s time to listen to Tom.” —Naomi Klein, author of No Logo

As a leading antiwar figure in the 1960s, Hayden wrote extensively on Vietnam and was one of the small number of Americans engaged in dialogue with both sides during the Paris peace talks. As an Irish-American, he spent ten years supporting and writing about the peace process leading up the Good Friday Agreement. As a California legislator, he devoted himself to writing about and trying to prevent inner-city violence. Hayden remains a stalwart antiwar activist and is credited with initiating 2005 Congressional exit-strategy hearings on Iraq. This urgent book comes from a patient understanding of the nature of conflict resolution.

Hayden argues that the Iraq War will end by applying public pressure against the pillars of the Bush Administration’s foreign policy. A new kind of antiwar movement, delineated in this groundbreaking work, can help turn the tide of public opinion against the current conflict. For the first time in American history, he writes, an American majority voted against a war in progress in November 2006. This is a book for millions of peace activists, for an undecided public, and for the 2008 presidential candidates as well.