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Dissent: Voices of Conscience
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![]() Dissent: Voices of ConscienceColonel (Ret.) Ann Wright and Susan Dixon Foreword by Daniel Ellsberg
January 15, 2008 Publication Date Publication
was delayed 4 months
When the actions of government become dangerous to the security of the nation, it takes a special courage for men and women inside the government to speak out. If we care about keeping democracy alive, we must welcome this book. —Howard Zinn, author of A People’s History of the U.S. During the run-up to war in Iraq, Army Colonel (Ret.) and diplomat Ann Wright resigned her State Department post in protest. Wright, who had spent 19 years in the military and 16 years in diplomatic service, was one among dozens of govern-ment insiders and active-duty military personnel who spoke out, resigned, leaked documents, or refused to deploy in protest of government actions they felt were illegal. In Dissent: Voices of Conscience, Ann Wright and Susan Dixon tell the stories of these men and women, who risked careers, reputations, and even freedom out of loyalty to the Constitution and the rule of law.. Voices of conscience are usually smothered in spin. That the stories of these heroes are recorded here gives me great hope and shows that it is still possible to do the right thing. —Ray McGovern, Retired CIA Analyst and Presidential Briefer for George H. W. Bush
As a soldier and a diplomat, Ann Wright always placed her country, its direction, and its welfare at the top of her priority list. She is, without question, one of the most honest and ethical individuals I have been privileged to know. I salute Ann Wright and the powerful voices of truth heard in Dissent. —Brigadier General (Ret.) Pat Foote, Former Commanding General, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Ann Wright is not one to be silenced. —Ms. Magazine
Dissent: Voices of Conscience, by Colonel (Ret.) Ann Wright and Susan Dixon Trade Paperback Original • 284 pages • $17.95 • ISBN 978-0977333844 Published by Koa Books, Maui, Hawai‘i • www.koabooks.com • www.voicesofconscience.com Distributed to the trade by SCB Distributors, www.scbdistributors.com
About the Authors![]() ![]() Susan Dixon grew up in Connecticut and received a bachelor’s degree in Asian studies from Trinity College in Hartford. She earned a master’s degree in geography from the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, where she is a doctoral candidate. She teaches on the geography of peace and war as well as classes on political activism and nonviolence. She won a three-year fellowship from the National Science Foundation and the Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching at the University of Hawai‘i. She spent her senior year in college on a yearlong academic study abroad program focusing on “The World Politics of Peace and Conflict.” This international honors program was led by Johan Galtung, widely considered to be the founder of peace studies as a science. Dixon also taught English in a Japanese junior high school. She lives in Honolulu. About Koa BooksFounded in 2005 by Arnie Kotler, the former director of Parallax Press, Koa Books publishes works on progressive politics, personal transformation, and native cultures. Koa’s titles include Maxine Hong Kingston’s Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace; Cindy Sheehan’s Not One More Mother’s Child; and forthcoming books by Robert A. Johnson, Manulani Aluli Meyer, Lama Surya Das, Sebastian Blanco, Sulak Sivaraksa, the Dalai Lama, and Margaret Trost. Visit www.koabooks.com. rRevised 11/5/2007
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