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Reviewed on February 1, 2018 | Social Sciences
Sweet (Inventing the Victorians) offers a chilling account of lesser-known Vietnam protestors. These deserters escaped to Sweden, eventually joining Lyndon LaRouche's cult-like political party, whose platform included labeling the CIA, Nelson Rockefeller, the Queen of England, and Henry Kissinger as a cabal seeking a new world order. At the time, Sweden was the only non-Communist European country that offered asylum to deserters. The American Deserters Committee (ADC) was for...Log In or Sign Up to Read More