Fighting Sleep: The War for the Mind and the Us Military

by Franny Nudelman

Book Overview

How the military used sleep as a weapon--and how soldiers fought back

On April 21, 1971, hundreds of Vietnam veterans fell asleep on the National Mall, wondering whether they would be arrested by daybreak. Veterans had fought the courts for the right to sleep in public while demonstrating against the war. When the Supreme Court denied their petition, they decided to break the law and turned sleep into a form of direct action.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1786637812
• ISBN13: 9781786637819
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Verso
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.3"