David Cortright David Cortright was active in the GI movement and plaintiff in the lawsuit Cortright v. Resor to uphold soldier First Amendment rights. Cortright is the author or editor of more than 20 books including the 1975 classic Soldiers in Revolt an Peace: A History of Movements and Ideas. He is a professor of peace studies and director of policy studies and the Peace Accords Matrix at the University of Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. Read More Read Less