RaveThe Los Angeles Review of BooksMichael Kazin’s newest book, War Against War: The American Fight for Peace, 1914-191, offers a thrilling account of their efforts to promote an American commitment to peace at home and abroad ... Kazin centers his historical narrative on a few key personalities, and especially the tensions between Roosevelt’s and Wilson’s visions for the American future ... Kazin seamlessly blends together the actions of these various individuals to create a comprehensive and complex picture of the diverse opinions driving and shaping the American pacifist movement ... Kazin gives us a well-researched and wonderfully written account of the American pacifist movement during World War I and its legacy in American history ... Kazin’s book is a welcome addition to the literature on World War I, as well as on social justice and Civil Rights movements in the United States.
