Contrapuntal histories of war resistance
Mapping US war resister migrations, questioning Canada as safe haven
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8423218 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Mountz (0000-0002-8779-6253, Balsillie School of International Affairs, corresponding author), Jacque Micieli‐Voutsinas (Florida Museum of Natural History), Shiva S Mohan (0000-0001-5756-0808, University of Northern British Columbia) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 741-755 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-3658 • E-ISSN: 1541-0064 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/cag.12784 |
| OpenAlex | W4283723835 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 14 |
This paper frames two generations of war resister migration from the United States to Canada and the social movements that supported them as contrapuntal histories, disparate yet woven together, and entangled across space and time. We argue that Canada has functioned at key historical moments as safe haven for war resisters from and others fleeing conflict led by the United States, but that this role was always provisional, historically contingent, and never guaranteed. It is therefore crucial to understand the social movements that arose to support the search for safe haven at different points in geopolitical relations and histories. We develop this argument with empirical research about people who migrated to Canada during wars led by the United States in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. In documenting both generations of resister migration, we move across scales to understand the highly embodied geopolitics of these journeys, which run parallel and diverge in key ways. Our analysis thus maps the shifting history of Canada as a safe haven for those seeking refuge from the violence of war and militarism in the United States
Argument (complex analysis) · Economic history · Geopolitics · Haven · Militarism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Resistance (ecology) · Safe haven · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Canadian Identity and History · French Historical and Cultural Studies · History · Law · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |