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Coming together with a small group of friends, Ann Pettitt started a movement that changed the face of Cold War Britain. Her remarkable memoir tells the real story behind one of the 20th century's most iconic expressions of grass roots political will. She exposes the surprising roots of the march on Greenham Common, how the Peace Camp left the marchers behind, and how those first marchers took their cause direct to the Kremlin. It is an intriguing and challenging look at what shaped a generation of women's lives and made them strong enough to fight for what they truly believed in.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A disapointing read.
I served there as a British soldier based with the USAFE as a member of a member of one of their units.
My hope was to read what what happening on the "other side of the fence" back then. I found the book pure propaganda and a woefull attempt to claim that the camp and it's "sitters" somehow helped end the cold war-never never land ladies.
I did not bring anything new in the way of interesting information about the times and events that were taking place.
I served there as a British soldier based with the USAFE as a member of a member of one of their units.
My hope was to read what what happening on the "other side of the fence" back then. I found the book pure propaganda and a woefull attempt to claim that the camp and it's "sitters" somehow helped end the cold war-never never land ladies.
I did not bring anything new in the way of interesting information about the times and events that were taking place.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
"Walking to Greenham" is a must read for anyone who entertains fantasies about performing actions that make the world a better place. The book should be regarded as a handbook for doing so.
Ann Pettitt takes us from the moment of her conception of the March, through the minute details that had to be attended to in order to make it work, and through the process in which the movement developed an enduring life of its own.
Ultimately thousands of people, mostly women, came to the U.S. airbase there, and stayed, some for over a year. At one point the nine mile perimeter of the base was literally encircled by demonstrators with joined hands. Enough notoriety was indeed generated to succeed in making the issue of American cruise missiles on British soil a debated national issue.
But in a way that is just the prelude to a larger story. Ann and two other colleagues from the March then find a way to go to Moscow to confront the Soviet government with their views of the insanity of the race to bring more and more nuclear weapons face to face across Europe, not to mention the underlying insanity of the Cold War itself.This latter tale is one of gripping tension, and of persistence and courage.
A nice and engaging feature of the book is that the narrative is interleaved with another, slightly earlier, history of another encounter with the madness of European international politics, namely that of Ann's parents with World War II. This has the dual effect of integrating her story with what has emerged as her own family tradition, as well as the larger tradition of endeavors of occasional small groups of unthinkably optimistic people who want to attach appropriate political priority to the fates of individual human beings.
Ann Pettitt takes us from the moment of her conception of the March, through the minute details that had to be attended to in order to make it work, and through the process in which the movement developed an enduring life of its own.
Ultimately thousands of people, mostly women, came to the U.S. airbase there, and stayed, some for over a year. At one point the nine mile perimeter of the base was literally encircled by demonstrators with joined hands. Enough notoriety was indeed generated to succeed in making the issue of American cruise missiles on British soil a debated national issue.
But in a way that is just the prelude to a larger story. Ann and two other colleagues from the March then find a way to go to Moscow to confront the Soviet government with their views of the insanity of the race to bring more and more nuclear weapons face to face across Europe, not to mention the underlying insanity of the Cold War itself.This latter tale is one of gripping tension, and of persistence and courage.
A nice and engaging feature of the book is that the narrative is interleaved with another, slightly earlier, history of another encounter with the madness of European international politics, namely that of Ann's parents with World War II. This has the dual effect of integrating her story with what has emerged as her own family tradition, as well as the larger tradition of endeavors of occasional small groups of unthinkably optimistic people who want to attach appropriate political priority to the fates of individual human beings.
Format:Paperback
A life changing book. Well worth a read. Beautifully written. Inspiring and uplifting.
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