Disturbing the Peace: The Story of Roy Bourgeois and the Movement to Close the School of the Americas

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Orbis Books, 2004 - Biography & Autobiography - 244 pages
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Disturbing the Peace tells the amazing story of Maryknoll Father Roy Bourgeois, who achieved national attention for leading the campaign to close the U.S. Army School of the Americas. From his Cajun roots in Louisiana and his stint as a Navy officer in Vietnam, we follow the route that led Bourgeois to Maryknoll and to the work in Latin America that awakened his conscience. Appalled by the U.S. role in supporting oppression, he followed the trail of atrocities back to the School of the Americas in Fort Benning, Georgia, attended by many of the hemisphere's most notorious violators of human rights.

Since 1983 Father Bourgeois has campaigned against the School, serving years in federal prisons as a result of his civil disobedience. His witness has turned the spotlight on a record of shame and helped arouse the conscience of the nation.

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A very well written biography of Father Roy Bourgeois and his spiritual journey from Cajun football hero in Louisiana bayou country to founder and leader of the School of the Americas Watch, an ... Read full review

Contents

The Voice of the Voiceless
1
The Desert
5
Dying Embers
11
Copyright

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About the author (2004)

James Hodge is an editor atthe Times-Picayune in New Orleans.

Linda Cooper is a lecturer in Education Studies at the University of Chichester. She has worked in education for sixteen years both as a primary school teacher and as a lecturer. Before commencing her post at Chichester, Linda also worked at Portsmouth University as a lecturer in Early Childhood Studies and at Bishop Grosseteste University College, Lincoln with the Initial Teacher Training team. She has a range of interests and has published in the field of technology, physical development and the humanities.

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TitleDisturbing the Peace: The Story of Roy Bourgeois and the Movement to Close the School of the Americas
AuthorsJames Hodge, Linda Cooper
Editionillustrated
PublisherOrbis Books, 2004
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedJul 22, 2009
ISBN1570754349, 9781570754340
Length244 pages
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