9780873386210 - A Few Small Candles: War Resisters of World War II Tell Their Stories (8 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

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Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 207 pages. 9.50x6.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. Some Americans openly refused to enter military service in World War II because of their convictions against killing. In this volume, ten men tell why they resisted, what happened to them, and how they feel about that experience today. Editor(s): Gara, Larry; Gara, Lenna Mae. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 halftones, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; HBWQ; JPWF; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476. . 1999. Illustrated. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Zustand: New. Some Americans openly refused to enter military service in World War II because of their convictions against killing. In this volume, ten men tell why they resisted, what happened to them, and how they feel about that experience today.Klappentext.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Little is known about those who openly refused to enter military service in World War II because of their convictions against killing. While many of those men accepted alternative civilian service, more than 6000 were incarcerated with sentences ranging from a few months to five years. Some were tried, convicted and reimprisoned for essentially the same offence - resisting induction into the armed forces -after their initial release. In this volume, ten men tell why they resisted, what happened to them, and how they feel about that experience today. Their stories detail the resisters' struggles against racial segregation in prison, as well as how they instigated work and hunger strikes to demonstrate against other prison injustices. Each of the ten has remained active in various causes relating to peace and social justice. The collection of memoirs should illuminate the American homefront during World War II.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First edition. Tall octavo. xiii, 207pp. Ownership signature of George Houser, author of one chapter, and his wife Jean (in one hand, likely Jean's) on the first page (see below). Fine in a lightly worn, near fine dust jacket. Chapter 7 is titled "Reflections of a Religious War Objector (Half a Century Later)," by George Houser. Houser was also a minister, Civil Rights activist, and activist for the independence of African nations. In 1942, with James Farmer and Bernice Fisher, he co-founded the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in Chicago. A nice association.