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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 [[Babylon (town), New York|Babylon]], [[Long Island]], [[New York (state)|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]].<ref name=VA>{{cite book|last1=Uhl|first1=Michael|title=Vietnam Awakening: My Journey From Combat to the Citizens' Commission of Inquiry on U.S. War Crimes in Vietnam|date=2007|publisher=McFarland & Company|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|isbn=978-0-7864-3074-1}}</ref>
==Career==
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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 (United States)|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.{{efn|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]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kunen|first1=James Simon|title=Standard Operating Procedure: Notes of A Draft-age American|date=1971|publisher=Avon Books|location=New York}}</ref>}} He helped organize the [[National Veterans Inquiry]] and the [[Winter Soldier Investigation]]. In 1970, Uhl joined [[Ed Murphy (activist)|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,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Robbins|first1=Mary Susannah|title=Peace Not Terror: Leaders of the Antiwar Movement Speak Out Against U.S. Foreign Policy Post 9/11|date=2003|publisher=Lexington Books|isbn=978-0739124970}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Rottman|editor1-first=Larry|editor2-last=Barry|editor2-first=Jan|editor3-last=Paquet|editor3-first=Basil T.|title=Winning Hearts & Minds: War Poems by Vietnam Veterans|url=https://archive.org/details/winningheartsmin00rott|url-access=registration|date=1972|publisher=McGraw-Hill|location=New York|isbn=978-0070540750}}</ref> including:
* {{cite book|editor1-last=Uhl|editor1-first=Michael|title=Dellums Committee Hearings on War Crimes in Vietnam|date=1972|publisher=Vintage Books|location=New York|isbn=978-0394717678|editor-mask=1}}
* {{cite book|author-last1=Ensign|author-first1=Tod|author-link1=Tod Ensign|author-last2=Uhl|author-first2=Michael|title=GI Guinea Pigs: How the Pentagon Exposed Our Troops to Dangers More Deadly Than War: Agent Orange and Atomic Radiation|date=1980|publisher=Playboy Press|location=Chicago, Illinois|isbn=978-0872235694}}
* {{cite book|last1=Uhl|first1=Michael|author-mask=1|title=Vietnam Awakening: My Journey From Combat to the Citizens' Commission of Inquiry on U.S. War Crimes in Vietnam|date=2007|publisher=McFarland & Company|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|isbn=978-0-7864-3074-1}}
* {{Cite web|url=https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-war-i-survived-was-vietnam/|title=The War I Survived Was Vietnam|publisher=McFarland Books|language=en-US|date=2016|first=Michael|last=Uhl|author-mask=1}}
Uhl also authored multiple travel guides, including four for ''Frommer's Guides''.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Uhl|first1=Michael|title=Exploring Maine on Country Roads and Byways|date=1991|publisher=Three Rivers Press|isbn=978-0517574553|url=https://archive.org/details/exploringmaineon0000uhlm}}</ref>
==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.
== Notes ==
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==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.]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Reston, Jr.|first1=James|title=The Amnesty of John David Herndon|date=1972|publisher=McGraw-Hill|location=New York|isbn=978-0070519206|url=https://archive.org/details/amnestyofjohndav0000rest}}</ref>
* Sworn Congressional testimony by Michael Uhl on the U.S Assistance Program in Vietnam (Phoenix Program).<ref>{{cite book|title=Hearings Before a Subcommittee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, |publisher=92nd Congress, First Session|date=August 2, 1971}}</ref>
=== Citations ===
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==External links==
* [http://www.veteranscholar.com Official website]
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