[1][2][3][4][5] Her 1992 book The Cuban Revolution and the United States: A Chronological History is regarded as encyclopedic,[6] systematic,[7] and based on "extremely wide-ranging research".
[15] Her book Vietnam and America: A Documented History, which she co-edited, was described by The New York Times as a "valuable anthology of crucial texts and records [that] replays the bitter conflict that cost more than 58,000 American lives.
[19] She ultimately published an evolving series of five books on the history of international relations between Cuba and the United States in the period after the Cuban revolution of 1959.
In his introduction to the volume, LeoGrande called it "both an invaluable resource and an absorbing narrative" of utility for scholars, journalists and ordinary citizens interested in international affairs.
[20] Eight years later, in 1992, Franklin produced a significantly expanded historical overview, The Cuban Revolution and the United States: A Chronological History.
[23] Through first-hand accounts of Panamanian civilians and legal commentary by former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, this in-depth investigation challenged official portrayals of the Pentagon's "Operation Just Cause" as a battle to restore democracy and combat drug smuggling.
The New York Times described the tome as a "valuable anthology of crucial texts and records"[19] of utility for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the historical conflict.
Franklin attributed her lifelong work in anti-war and social justice movements to her childhood experiences of witnessing racial segregation and feeling the horror of Nazi atrocities in World War II.
She helped lead a successful grassroots campaign to stop napalm production at a chemical factory in Redwood City, California in 1966 and was involved in the U.S. Army deserters’ network in Paris in 1967.
She abandoned pacifism during the tumultuous 1960s, and with her husband helped found and lead a revolutionary organization called Venceremos in the San Francisco Bay Area.