Part of the Global Perspectives on War and Peace Collection. A brief insight into the life of a C.I.A. officer, John "Bob" Stockwell. Interviews with family members and Stockwell himself describe the career as simply another job, but undercurrents of more troubling aspects of the job occasionally bubble to the surface.
0:00 Color film. The piece opens with brief statements from Stockwell's...
Part of the Global Perspectives on War and Peace Collection. John Schuchardt, a former captain in the U.S. Marine Corps, recounts his story of speaking up against the Gulf War. Schuchart attempted to catch President George H.W. Bush's attention while he attended church in Kennebunkport, Maine.
0:00 Schuchardt explains his opposition to the war and his interest in voicing his concerns to the...
Part of the Global Perspectives on War and Peace Collection. Color video. A documentary featuring current interviews and stock footage highlighting the persecution of Assyrian people throughout the Middle East, including Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, and Turkey; and advocating for a separate Assyrian state.
0:00 Opening credits.
0:30 A narrator explains that the Assyrians fought with the Allied...
Part of the Global Perspectives on War and Peace Collection.
In Harare, Zimbabwe, videomaker Andrew Jones interviews Richard Raubenheimer, a white homeless man. When Jones expresses confusion about the number of white homeless men on the streets in Harare, Raubenheimer explains that most of these men are former Rhodesian soldiers. He says that many of these men face racism from black managers...
Part of the Global Perspectives on War and Peace Collection.
In December 1989, the United States Navy was preparing to launch a Trident Two Missile off the coast of Florida. Greenpeace set out to block the test with an 800-ton boat and video camera. The Navy claimed it had a right to protect itself under international law, and proceeded to ram the Greenpeace boat, leaving a 3-foot gash in its...
