Michael Uhl

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 Babylon, Long Island, New York. He graduated with a BS in Theoretical linguistics from the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Georgetown University. He holds an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in American Studies and Writing (Creative Non-fiction) from the 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 11th Infantry Brigade. After Vietnam, Uhl entered a doctoral program in linguistics at New York University, and became immediately involved in the antiwar movement, joining the New York City based Citizens Commission of Inquiry on U.S. War Crimes in Vietnam (CCI) as a full-time organizer. He helped organize the National Veterans Inquiry and the Winter Soldier Investigation. In 1970, Uhl joined Ed Murphy in exposing the Phoenix Program, testified at the International Enquiry on US War Crimes in Stockholm, Sweden, and in 1971, he was called to testify before a US Congressional subcommittee investigating 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. Uhl, Michael (2007). Vietnam Awakening: My Journey From Combat to the Citizens' Commission of Inquiry on U.S. War Crimes in Vietnam. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-3074-1.
2. Robbins, Mary Susannah (2003). Peace Not Terror: Leaders of the Antiwar Movement Speak Out Against U.S. Foreign Policy Post 9/11. Lexington Books. ISBN 978-0739124970.
3. Ensign, Tod; Uhl, Michael (1980). GI Guinea Pigs: How the Pentagon Exposed Our Troops to Dangers More Deadly Than War : Agent Orange and Atomic Radiation. Chicago, Illinois: Playboy Press. ISBN 978-0872235694.
4. Uhl, Michael, ed. (1972). Dellums Committee Hearings on War Crimes in Vietnam. New York: Vintage Books. ISBN 978-0394717678.
5. Rottman, Larry; Barry, Jan; Paquet, Basil T., eds. (1972). Winning Hearts & Minds: War Poems by Vietnam Veterans. New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0070540750.
6. Uhl, Michael (1991). Exploring Maine on Country Roads and Byways. Three Rivers Press. ISBN 978-0517574553.
7. Uhl, Michael (23 January 2019). "Veteran Scholar - Michael Uhl". www.veteranscholar.com. 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. Reston, Jr., James (1972). The Amnesty of John David Herndon. New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0070519206.
11. Hearings Before a Subcommittee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, 92nd Congress, First Session, August 2, 1971

External links

• Official website