{"product_id":"9780063351073_beyond-vietnam","title":"Beyond Vietnam","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A time comes when silence is betrayal.\" — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn April 4, 1967 — exactly one year before his assassination — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stepped to the pulpit of New York City's Riverside Church and broke from the expectations of his role as a civil rights leader to make a passionate moral plea against the Vietnam War. He argued that the war drained resources from anti-poverty programs, sent young Black men to fight for freedoms they had not found at home, and exposed a deeper spiritual crisis at the heart of American life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow published as a beautifully designed hardcover edition with a foreword by Pulitzer Prize–winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen, \u003ci\u003eBeyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence\u003c\/i\u003e brings this essential, overlooked speech to a new generation. His words were not addressed to Hanoi — they were addressed to us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy this speech still matters today:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWar and inequality are still intertwined.\u003c\/b\u003e King's warning that military spending cannibalizes investment in the poor is as urgent as ever.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe cost of silence hasn't changed.\u003c\/b\u003e His courage in speaking out against his own government remains a model for moral leadership today.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRacism, militarism, and poverty remain linked.\u003c\/b\u003e King named these as interlocking evils — and their intersection continues to define American life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHis foreign policy prophecy came true.\u003c\/b\u003e King predicted endless cycles of intervention without a \"radical revolution of values.\" History has proven him right.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book presents the full text of the speech in an artfully designed format. It is a book to read, to display, to share, and to return to whenever the question arises: \u003ci\u003eWhen do we speak?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeyond Vietnam\u003c\/i\u003e is not a relic of the past. It is a challenge for the present. The choice, as Dr. King said, is still ours.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Martin Luther King Jr.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132724658325,"sku":"9780063351073","price":11.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780063351073.jpg?v=1776887865","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780063351073_beyond-vietnam","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}