Michael Uhl

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Michael Uhl (born 1944) is a Vietnam veteran, antiwar activist, critic and academic.

Early life and education

Uhl was born in 1944 and grew up in

Union Institute and University.[1]

Career

In the Army, Uhl served in Vietnam during 1968-69 as a first lieutenant, where he led a combat intelligence team with the

CIA's Phoenix Program in Vietnam. He co-authored the first book length treatment on the health effects of chemical herbicides (Agent Orange
) on U.S. veterans of the Vietnam War.

Publications

He has authored numerous works within the Antiwar movement.[2][3][4][5] Uhl also authored multiple travel guides, including four for Frommer's Guides.[6]

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Film

With Richard Schmiechen, Uhl wrote and co-produced the short documentary film, Nick Mazucco: Biography of an Atomic Vet, on a grant from the Public Broadcasting Corporation.

References

  • The work of the CCI, with which Uhl served as a principal, is the subject of Standard Operating Procedure: Notes of A Draft-age American, by James Simon Kunen.[9]
  • The work of the Safe Return Amnesty Committee, co-founded by Michael Uhl, is the subject of The Amnesty of John David Herndon, by James Reston, Jr.[10]
  • Sworn Congressional testimony by Michael Uhl on the U.S Assistance Program in Vietnam (Phoenix Program).[11]
Notes
  1. ISBN 978-0-7864-3074-1
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  2. ISBN 978-0739124970
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  3. ISBN 978-0872235694
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  4. ISBN 978-0394717678
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  5. ISBN 978-0070540750
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  6. ISBN 978-0517574553
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  7. ^ Uhl, Michael (23 January 2019). "Veteran Scholar - Michael Uhl". www.veteranscholar.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Newly Published: The War I Survived Was Vietnam – McFarland- a leading independent publisher of academic and nonfiction books". www.mcfarlandbooks.com. Retrieved 2017-10-22.
  9. ^ Kunen, James Simon (1971). Standard Operating Procedure: Notes of A Draft-age American. New York: Avon Books.
  10. ISBN 978-0070519206
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  11. ^ Hearings Before a Subcommittee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, 92nd Congress, First Session, August 2, 1971

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