Military Freedom Activist Network
aka Military Freedom Network
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Weapons
Military Articles
by Andrew Feickert, Stephen Daggett
"Army Foresees Expanded Use of Drones in U.S. Airspace"
by Steven Aftergood
"Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2010"
by Richard F Grimmett
"Military Working Dogs"
by United States Army
"The Department of Defense’s Use of Private Security Contractors in Afghanistan and Iraq: Background, Analysis, and Options for Congress"
by Moshe Schwartz
Military Books
America's Misadventures in the Middle East
by Chas W Freeman Jr
Armed Humanitarians: The Rise of the Nation Builders
by Nathan Hodge
Army Special Operations Forces Unconventional Warfare: Field Manual 3-05.130
by United States Army
Art of War
by Sun Tzu (deceased)
Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, 9-11, Iraq
by John W Dower
Counterstrike: The Untold Story of America's Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda
by Eric Schmitt, Thom Shanker
Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
How Enemies Become Friends: The Sources of Stable Peace
by Charles Kupchan
The Lone Wolf Resistance Manual
by Frank Schein
War Is a Lie by David Swanson
War Is a Racket: The Profit Motive Behind Warfare
by Smedley Butler
Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan
by Dahr Jamail
Military Chronology
(none listed yet)
Military Documentaries
Art of War
Taxi to the Dark Side
by Alex Gibney
The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S McNamara
Military Events
Fleet Week
Memorial Day
Veterans Day
United States
(none listed yet)
Military News
GlobalSecurity.org
Military Periodicals
The Military Balance
Military Radio
(none listed yet)
Military Research
GlobalSecurity.org
Military Researchers
Sun Tzu (deceased)
Military Television
Military Channel
War Stories with Oliver Laurence North
Child Soldiers
Child Soldier Rights
Organizations ·
Activists ·
CriticsArticles · Books · Chronology · Documentaries · Events · Laws · News · Research · Researchers
also see Child Labor, Children, Conscription, Mercenaries, Youth Rights
Child Soldier Articles
(none listed yet)
Child Soldier Books
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
by Ishmael Beal
Child Soldier by Shena A Gacu
Girl Soldier: A story of Hope for Northern Uganda's Children by Grace Akallo
The Enough Moment: Fighting to End Africa's Worst Human Rights Crimes
by John Prendergast
Child Soldier Chronology
(none listed yet)
Child Soldier Documentaries
(none listed yet)
Child Soldier Events
Universal Children’s Day
United States
(none listed yet)
Child Soldier News
(none listed yet)
Child Soldier Research
(none listed yet)
Child Soldier Researchers
(none listed yet)
Conscription
Conscription Liberation · Organizations · Activists · CriticsArticles · Books · Chronology · Documentaries · Events · Laws
News · Periodicals · Radio · Research · Researchers · Television
Freedom From Conscription
Conscription Liberation
Organizations ·
Activists ·
CriticsFreedom FROM conscription, draft, impressment, compulsory military service, compulsory registration
BY conscientious objection, disobedience, legislation, litigation
also see Child Soldiers, Selective Service System
Conscription Articles
"On Conscription"
by Daniel Webster (deceased)
"WWI & American Indians"
by Ojibwa
"WWII & American Indians: The Draft"
by Ojibwa
Conscription Books
Confronting the War Machine: Draft Resistance during the Vietnam War
by Michael S Foley
Felon for Peace: The Memoir of a Vietnam-Era Draft Resister by Jerry Elmer
Free to Die for Their Country: The Story of the Japanese American Draft Resisters in World War II
by Eric L Muller, foreward by Daniel K Inouye
1001 Ways to Beat the Draft
by Tuli, Bashlow, Robert Kupferberg
The Devil's Own Work: The Civil War Draft Riots and the Fight to Reconstruct America
by Barnet Schecter
The Draft Lottery
by Natalie M Rosinsky
The Draft, 1940-1973
by George Q Flynn
The Military Draft Handbook: A Brief History & Practical Advice for the Curious and Concerned
edited by James Tracy
The New York City Draft Riots: Their Significance for American Society and Politics in the Age of the Civil War
by Iver Bernstein
Conscription Chronology
1977 Jan 21: US President James Carter grants Vietnam draft evaders full pardon
1967 June 20: Jury convicts Mohammed Ali, boxing champion formerly known as Cashius Clay, of draft evasion
1917: United States government revives military conscription
1863 July 13-17: 50,000 riot in New York City protesting the US Enrollment Act that allowed draftees to avoid compulsory military service by paying $300
Conscription Documentaries
(none listed yet)
Conscription Events
(none listed yet)
United States
(none listed yet)
Conscription News
(none listed yet)
Conscription Periodicals
(none listed yet)
Conscription Research
(none listed yet)
Conscription Researchers
(none listed yet)
Mercenaries
Organizations · Activists · CriticsArticles · Books · Chronology · Documentaries · Events · Laws
News · Periodicals · Radio · Research · Researchers
includes independent, unaffiliated, unaligned and "for hire" military professionals, soldiers, "lone wolves"
also see Child Soldiers, Private Military
| Mercenary Organizations International Association of Professional Mercenaries, Inc Partisan Patriot Resistance PrivateForces.com Soldier of Fortune Zetas |
Mercenary Organizations by Location
Colorado
England
Florida
Kentucky
Mexico |
| Prominent Mercenaries & Activists Black, Stephen Donald |
Prominent Mercenaries & Activists by Location
Alabama
Florida |
| Mercenary Critical Organizations Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers |
Mercenary Critics (none listed yet) |
Mercenary Articles
"Zetas Burn Media's Script in War on Drugs"
by William J Conroy
Mercenary Books
Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army
by Jeremy Scahill
Congo Mercenary by Mike Hoare
Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror
by Robert Young Pelton
Narcos Over the Border: Gangs, Cartels and Mercenaries
edited by Robert J Bunker
The Lone Wolf Resistance Manual
by Frank Schein
Soldiers of Fortune: A History of the Mercenary in Modern Warfare
by Tony Geraghty
War Dog: Fighting Other People's Wars - The Modern Mercenary in Combat by Al J Venter
Mercenary Chronology
(none listed yet)
Mercenary Documentaries
(none listed yet)
Mercenary Events
(none listed yet)
United States
(none listed yet)
US States
(none listed yet)
Mercenary News
(none listed yet)
Mercenary Periodicals
Partisan
Soldier of Fortune
Mercenary Radio
Patriot Resistance
Mercenary Research
(none listed yet)
Mercenary Researchers
(none listed yet)
Militias
Organizations · Activists · CriticsArticles · Books · Chronology · Documentaries · Events · Laws
News · Periodicals · Radio · Research · Researchers · Television
also see Mercenaries, Private Military
Militia Articles
"The Modern Militia Movement"
by Missouri Information Analysis Center
Militia Books
A Force Upon The Plain: The American Militia Movement and the Politics of Hate by Kenneth S Stern
American Extremists: Militias, Supremacists, Klansmen, Communists, & Others
by John George, Laird M Wilcox
Field Manual of the Free Militia
foreward by Skipp Porteous
Gathering Storm: America's Militia Threat by Morris Dees
Global Rebellion: Religious Challenges to the Secular State, from Christian Militias to al Qaeda
by Mark Juergensmeyer
Manual of Instruction for the Volunteers and Militia of the United States
by William Gilham
Militias and the Challenges of Post-Conflict Peace: Silencing the Guns
by Chris Alden, Monika Thakur, Matthew Arnold
Rage on the Right: The American Militia Movement from Ruby Ridge to Homeland Security
by Lane Crothers
Right in Michigan's Grassroots: From the KKK to the Michigan Militia
by JoEllen McNergney Vinyard
Terrorists Among Us: The Militia Threat by Robert L Snow
The Lone Wolf Resistance Manual
by Frank Schein
The Militia Battle Manual
by Thomas Koch
The Militia Threat by Robert L Snow
The Right to Bear Arms: The Rise of America's New Militia
by Jonathan Karl
The Terrorist Next Door: The Militia Movement and the Radical Right
by Daniel Levitas
To Shake Their Guns in the Tyrant's Face: Libertarian Political Violence and the Origins of the Militia Movement
by Robert H Churchill
Militia Chronology
(none listed yet)
Militia Documentaries
American
Militias: Rebellion, Racism, and Religion by Richard Abanes
Militia Events
(none listed yet)
United States
(none listed yet)
US States
(none listed yet)
Militia News
(none listed yet)
Militia Periodicals
New World Order Intelligence Update (defunct?)
The Partisan
Militia Radio
Freeman Radio
The Intelligence Report
with Mark Gregory Koernke
The Militia Round Table
Militia Radio
Patriot Resistance
Militia Research
Constitution Society
Militia Watchdog
Minuteman Press
Missouri Information Analysis Center
National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey
Militia Researchers
(none listed yet)
Militia Television
(none listed yet)
Freedom From Warfare
Peace
Warfare Liberation
Organizations ·
Activists ·
CriticsArticles · Books · Chronology · Documentaries · Events · Laws
News · Periodicals · Radio · Research · Researchers · Television
Freedom TO peace
Freedom FROM warfare, terrorism
includes anti-war, pacifist, non-interventionist, balance-of-power, overwhelming force
also see Drug War, Firearms, Government Relations, Human Rights, Wars, Weapons
Peace Articles
(none listed yet)
Peace Books
America's Misadventures in the Middle East
by Chas W Freeman Jr
How Enemies Become Friends: The Sources of Stable Peace
by Charles Kupchan
War Is a Lie by David Swanson
Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan
by Dahr Jamail
Peace Chronology
(none listed yet)
Peace Documentaries
(none listed yet)
Peace Events
Michigan Peace Fest
Nobel Peace Prize
13 Moon Walk 4 Peace
United States
(none listed yet)
US States
(none listed yet)
Peace News
(none listed yet)
Peace Periodicals
(none listed yet)
Peace Radio
AntiWar Radio
with Scott Horton, Charles Goyette
Democracy Now! with
Amy Goodman
Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox Radio Show with
Cindy Lee Miller Sheehan
Peace Research
Political Advocacy Groups
Peace Researchers
(none listed yet)
Peace Television
Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman
Prisoners of War
Missing in Action
Organizations ·
Activists ·
Documentariesalso see Human Rights, Prisoner Rights
| Prisoners of War & Missing in Action Organizations American Ex-Prisoners of War Center for Internee Rights Inc National Alliance of Families for the Return of America's Missing Servicemen National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing In Southeast Asia Political Prisoners of War Coalition POW-MIA Hotline POW Network |
Prisoners of War & MIA Organizations by Location
District of Columbia
Florida
Masachusetts
Missouri
Texas |
| Prisoners of War & Missing in Action Activists Gritz, James Gordon (Bo) |
Prisoners of War & MIA Activists by Location
Nevada |
Prisoners of War Documentaries
Taxi to the Dark Side
by Alex Gibney
Private Military
Organizations · Activists · CriticsArticles · Books · Chronology · Documentaries · Events · Laws
News · Periodicals · Research · Researchers
includes mercenaries, non-government military, para-military,
private military companies, private military support, private armed security
also see Assassination Organizations, Child Soldiers, Mercenaries, Militias
| Private Military Organizations AQMI Strategy Corp Aegis Defence Services Blackwater Worldwide renamed Xe Services CACI International, Inc Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers Defensecurity DynCorp International Executive Outcomes International Association of Professional Mercenaries, Inc Omega Security Solutions The Partisan PrivateForces.com Private Security Company Association of Iraq SCG International Soldier of Fortune Titan Corp US Investigations Services Xe Services Zetas |
Private Military Organizations by Location
Colorado
England
Florida
Germany
Iraq
Mexico
North Carolina
South Africa
Virginia |
| Private Military Activists Prince, Erik Dean |
Private Military Activists by Location
United Arab Emirates |
| Private Military Critical Organizations Spy Who Billed Me |
Private Military Critics Hillhouse, Raelynn J |
Private Military Articles
"Blackwater Chief Accused of Murder, Gun-Running"
by Justin Rood
"C.I.A. Sought Blackwater's Help to Kill Jihadists"
by Mark Mazzetti
"Is Blackwater's Erik Prince Moving to the United Arab Emirates?"
by Jeremy Scahill
"Joyriding with Blackwater Aviation"
by Raelynn J Hillhouse
"McMahon, Grogan, Miller v Aviation Worldwide Services LLC, Presidential Airways Inc, et al"
"Not Blackwater, but Xe, as in Xena Warrior Princess"
by Raelynn J Hillhouse
"Temporary Committee on the alleged use of
European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners" by European Parliament
"The Department of Defense’s Use of Private Security Contractors in Afghanistan and Iraq: Background, Analysis, and Options for Congress"
by Moshe Schwartz
"Zetas Burn Media's Script in War on Drugs"
by William J Conroy
Private Military Books
Armed Humanitarians: The Rise of the Nation Builders
by Nathan Hodge
Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army
by Jeremy Scahill
Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry
by Peter Warren Singer
From Mercenaries to Market: The Rise and Regulation of Private Military Companies
by Simon Chesterman, Chia Lehnardt
Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror
by Robert Young Pelton
Master of War: Blackwater USA's Erik Prince and the Business of War
by Suzanne Simons
The Market for Force: The Consequences of Privatizing Security
by Deborah D Avant
Who Should Keep the Peace? Providing Security for the Twenty-First-Century Peace Operations
by William J Durch, Tobias C Berkman
Private Military Chronology
(none listed yet)
Private Military Documentaries
(none listed yet)
Private Military Events
(none listed yet)
Private Military Laws
International Code of Conduct of Private Security Providers
United States
(none listed yet)
Private Military News
(none listed yet)
Private Military Periodicals
The Partisan
Soldier of Fortune
Private Military Research
(none listed yet)
Private Military Researchers
(none listed yet)
Support
Organizations · Activists
Veterans
Organizations · Activists · CriticsArticles · Books · Chronology · Documentaries · Events · Laws
News · Periodicals · Radio · Research · Researchers · Television
Veterans Articles
(none listed yet)
Veterans Books
(none listed yet)
Veterans Chronology
(none listed yet)
Veterans Documentaries
(none listed yet)
Veterans Events
Memorial Day
Veterans' Day
United States
(none listed yet)
Veterans News
Veterans News Now
Veterans Today
Veterans Today Network
Veterans Periodicals
(none listed yet)
Veterans Radio
(none listed yet)
Veterans Research
USA People Search
Veterans Researchers
(none listed yet)
Veterans Television
(none listed yet)
Weapons
Weapons Liberty · Organizations · Activists · CriticsWeapons Liberation · Arms Control · Biological Weapons · Chemical Weapons · Disarmament
Landmines · Mass Destruction Weapons · Nuclear Weapons · Space Weapons
Articles · Books · Chronology · Documentaries · Events · Laws
News · Periodicals · Radio · Research · Researchers · Television
Freedom To Weapons
Weapons Liberty
Organizations ·
Activists ·
CriticsFreedom TO military weapons BY legalization, decriminalization, deregulation, treaty
also see Firearms Liberty
| Weapons Liberty Organizations (none listed yet) |
Weapons Liberty Organizations by Location
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| Weapons Liberty Activists (none listed yet) |
Weapons Liberty Activists by Location
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| Weapons Liberty Critical Organizations (none listed yet) |
Weapons Liberty Critics (none listed yet) |
Freedom From Weapons
Weapons Liberation
Arms Control ·
Biological Weapons ·
Chemical Weapons ·
DisarmamentLandmines · Mass Destruction Weapons · Nuclear Weapons · Space Weapons
Freedom FROM military weapons BY abstinence, destruction, disablement, negotiation, prevention, purchase, treaty
some organizations may have prohibitionist political orientation
also see Firearms, Warfare
Weapons Articles
"Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 2003-2010"
by Richard F Grimmett
" 'Dirty Bombs': Background in Brief"
by Jonathan Medalia
" 'Dirty Bombs': Technical Background, Attack Prevention and Response, Issues for Congress"
by Jonathan Medalia
"U.S. Arms Sales: Agreements with and Deliveries to Major Clients, 2003-2010"
by Richard E Grimmett
Weapons Books
Born Secret: The H-Bomb, the Progressive Case and National Security
by Alexander DeVolpi, Gerald E Marsh, Ted A Postol, George S Stanford
Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War
by Judith Miller, Stephen Engelberg, William Broad
Germs Gone Wild: How the Unchecked Development of Domestic Bio-Defense Threatens America by Kenneth King
Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy
by Heinz Alfred (Henry) Kissinger
Scorched Earth: Legacies of Chemical Warfare in Vietnam
by Fred A Wilcox, Noam Chomsky
Twilight War: The Folly of U.S. Space Dominance by
Mike Moore
The World Encyclopedia of Rifles and Machine Guns
by Will Fowler, Patrick Sweeney
War in Heaven: The Arms Race in Outer Space by Helen Caldicott, Craig Eisendrath
World at Risk: The Report of the Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism
Weapons Chronology
(none listed yet)
Weapons Documentaries
(none listed yet)
Weapons Events
(none listed yet)
United States
(none listed yet)
US States
(none listed yet)
Weapons News
(none listed yet)
Weapons Periodicals
(none listed yet)
Weapons Research
(none listed yet)
Weapons Researchers
(none listed yet)
Weapons Television
Guns of the World on History International
Science of War on Military Channel
Arms Control & Disarmament
Organizations · Activists · Critics| Arms Control & Disarmament Organizations Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy Campaign Against Arms Trade Center for Defense Information Center for Security Policy League of Women Voters National Institute for Public Policy United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (defunct) Western European Armaments Organisation |
Arms Control & Disarmament Orgs by Location
Belgium
District of Columbia
England
Maryland
Virginia |
| Arms Control & Disarmament Activists (none listed yet) |
Arms Control & Disarmament Activists by Location
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| Arms Control & Disarmament Critical Organizations (none listed yet) |
Arms Control & Disarmament Critics (none listed yet) |
Freedom From Biological Weapons
Biological Weapons Liberation
Organizations ·
Activists ·
CriticsFreedom FROM biological weapons BY abstinence, destruction, disablement, negotiation, prevention, purchase, treaty
| Biological Weapons Liberation Organizations Boston Coalition to Stop the BioTerror Lab Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism Frederick Citizens for Bio-lab Safety Granville Non-Violent Action Team LabWatch Seattle Mid-Missouri Women's International League for Peace and Freedom No NABAF in Columbia No NBAF in Kansas Tri-Valley Cares 20/20 Vision World Commission For Peace And Human Rights Council |
Biological Weapons Liberation Orgs by Location
California
Kansas
Maryland
Massachusetts
Missouri
North Carolina
Pakistan
Washington |
| Biological Weapons Liberation Activists Dorsett, Bill Grossman, Karl King, Kenneth Manney, Tom McCoy, Jim Piper, Alex Sykes, Randy Ventura, Jesse |
Biological Weapons Liberation Activists by Location
Connecticut
Kansas |
| Biological Weapons Liberation Critical Organizations (none listed yet) |
Biological Weapons Liberation Critics (none listed yet) |
Freedom From Chemical Weapons
Chemical Weapons Liberation
Organizations ·
Activists ·
CriticsFreedom FROM chemical weapons BY abstinence, destruction, disablement, negotiation, prevention, purchase, treaty
| Chemical Weapons Liberation Organizations Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons 20/20 Vision World Commission For Peace And Human Rights Council |
Chemical Weapons Liberation Organizations by Location
Maryland
Netherlands
Pakistan |
| Chemical Weapons Liberation Activists (none listed yet) |
Chemical Weapons Liberation Activists by Location
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| Chemical Weapons Liberation Critical Organizations (none listed yet) |
Chemical Weapons Liberation Critics (none listed yet) |
Freedom From Landmines
Landmine Liberation
Organizations ·
Activists ·
CriticsFreedom FROM landmines BY BY abstinence, "ban", cessation, destruction, disablement, negotiation, prevention, purchase, treaty
Freedom From Mass Destruction Weapons
Mass Destruction Weapons Liberation
Organizations ·
Activists ·
CriticsFreedom FROM weapons of mass destruction (WMD) BY abstinence, destruction, disablement, negotiation, prevention, purchase, treaty
includes 2 or more mass destruction weapons: biological, chemical, nuclear, space
| Mass Destruction Weapons Liberation Organizations Center for a New American Security Centre for Research on Globalization Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism Federation of American Scientists GlobalSecurity.org WMD First Responders |
WMD Liberation Organizations by Location
District of Columbia
Quebec
Virginia |
| Mass Destruction Weapons Liberation Activists (none listed yet) |
WMD Liberation Activists by Location
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| Mass Destruction Weapons Liberation Critical Orgs (none listed yet) |
Mass Destruction Weapons Liberation Critics (none listed yet) |
Freedom From Nuclear Weapons
Nuclear Weapons Liberation
Organizations ·
Activists ·
CriticsFreedom FROM nuclear weapons BY abstinence, destruction, disablement, negotiation, prevention, purchase, treaty
includes radiological dispersal devices (RDD)
Freedom From Space Weapons
Space Weapons Liberation
Organizations ·
Activists ·
CriticsFreedom FROM space weapons BY abstinence, destruction, disablement, negotiation, prevention, purchase, treaty
| Space Weapons Liberation Organizations Citizens Against Weapons in Space Citizens for Peace in Space Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space GlobalSecurity.org Institute for Space and Security Studies |
Space Weapons Liberation Orgs by Location
Colorado
Florida
Maine |
| Space Weapons Liberation Activists Moore, Mike |
Space Weapons Liberation Activists by Location |
| Space Weapons Liberation Critical Organizations (none listed yet) |
Space Weapons Liberation Critics (none listed yet) |