Disturbing the Peace: The Story of Father Roy Bourgeois and the Movement to Close the School of Americas

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Summary: Michael - An American citizen living in Canada
Review: The one thing that stands out the most about this book for me is that this priest was only standing for truth, freedom and justice. Yet the one country that he fought for during the Vietnam War prosecuted him for these beliefs. So much suffering in the world today is simply based on greed. One country trying to profit by controlling the government and natural resources of a smaller, weaker country.That is really what it is all about and the truth is there as long as we do not turn a blind eye as we did on Father Roy Bourgeois. Too many people today simply do as they are told and believe what they hear. You should read this book because the greatest threat facing the world is not knowing or ignoring the truth and sadly the world will continue to suffer at the hands of a few powerful people if we do not open our eyes.

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Summary: Inspirational, Educational, and Interesting
Review: This book inspires and educates while still being a page-turner. Roy Bourgeois is a purple heart Vietnam veteran who became a Maryknoll missionary priest. He has been in and out of Latin American countries and in and out of prison as he fights for social justice. In his struggle he discovers the now infamous School of the Americas - Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation at Fort Benning, GA. This school has trained the hemisphere's worst human rights violators. This book skillfully weaves Fr. Roy's story with that of the School of the Americas leaving the reader uplifted by the courage of a man and a movement and appalled by the secret teaching of torture and anti-democracratic use of force. Great read!

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Summary: timeless & timely
Review: This brutal and sincere account of one man's journey down the paths of realization and revelation concerning the School of the America's is directly relevant and instantly accessible. It's grandest triumph is in it's ability to trump it's journalistic dictation with a strongly personable and poetic narrative that will have the reader making the same journey as it's engagingly active / reflective subject Roy Bourgeois--- whether taking action or contemplating inaction, Roy Bourgeois is a troublemaking saint and a hero for our times. Not overly symbolic or mouthpiece myth-making, this is a book that should be read and, most of all, understood.