The Anti-War Movement With the nation in a ruckus over war, a new group of war protestors emerged and they took the shapes of many different forms. Their goal was clear: to stop the war. Their motives however, in an ongoing effort to reach everyone, were quite contrary. In the popular novel Johnny Got His Gun, Americans were exposed to an emotional side of the war. This novel, which many had a copy of, told …showed first 75 words of 179 total…

…showed last 75 words of 179 total…tells his side of the story. He shows the effects of the war, and explains that it is not worth fighting for a life of freedom, if you are dead. While this approach worked fine for the ‘Oprah Winfrey’ crowd of the war era, there were many other hardcore business, political and military leaders that still needed to be convinced that the war should stop! To oblige, the anti-war activists put on a new face.