Michael Uhl Explained

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 or edited numerous works within the Antiwar movement,^{[2] [3]} including:

• Book: Uhl. Michael. Dellums Committee Hearings on War Crimes in Vietnam. 1972. Vintage Books. New York. 978-0394717678. 1.
• Book: Ensign. Tod. Tod Ensign. Uhl. Michael. GI Guinea Pigs: How the Pentagon Exposed Our Troops to Dangers More Deadly Than War: Agent Orange and Atomic Radiation. 1980. Playboy Press. Chicago, Illinois. 978-0872235694.
• Book: Uhl. Michael. 1. Vietnam Awakening: My Journey From Combat to the Citizens' Commission of Inquiry on U.S. War Crimes in Vietnam. 2007. McFarland & Company. Jefferson, North Carolina. 978-0-7864-3074-1.
• Web site: The War I Survived Was Vietnam. McFarland Books. en-US. 2016. Michael. Uhl. 1.

Uhl also authored multiple travel guides, including four for Frommer's Guides.^[4]

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

Sources

• 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.^[5]
• Sworn Congressional testimony by Michael Uhl on the U.S Assistance Program in Vietnam (Phoenix Program).^[6]

Citations

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Book: Uhl. Michael. Vietnam Awakening: My Journey From Combat to the Citizens' Commission of Inquiry on U.S. War Crimes in Vietnam. 2007. McFarland & Company. Jefferson, North Carolina. 978-0-7864-3074-1.
2. Book: Robbins. Mary Susannah. Peace Not Terror: Leaders of the Antiwar Movement Speak Out Against U.S. Foreign Policy Post 9/11. 2003. Lexington Books. 978-0739124970.
3. Book: Rottman. Larry. Barry. Jan. Paquet. Basil T.. Winning Hearts & Minds: War Poems by Vietnam Veterans. registration. 1972. McGraw-Hill. New York. 978-0070540750.
4. Book: Uhl. Michael. Exploring Maine on Country Roads and Byways. 1991. Three Rivers Press. 978-0517574553.
5. Book: Reston, Jr.. James. The Amnesty of John David Herndon. 1972. McGraw-Hill. New York. 978-0070519206.
6. Book: Hearings Before a Subcommittee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, . 92nd Congress, First Session. August 2, 1971.