About the Author

Scott H. Bennett is professor of history at Georgian Court University in Lakewood, New Jersey. He has published on radical pacifism, the peace movement, and World War II conscientious objectors. He spent ten years as an international educator in Denmark, Italy, and El Salvador.

Reviews

A timely book, it is essential reading for everyone who cares about politically effective, non-violent revolutionary action to advance peace and social justice.-- "Dee Garrison, author of Mary Heaton Vorse: The Life of an American Insurgent"

At last we have a comprehensive history of the War Resisters League, long the secular cutting edge of radical, left-wing pacifism in America.-- "Charles Chatfield, author of The American Peace Movement: Ideals and Activism"

This pioneering history of the WRL . . . illuminates the important story of how a relatively small band of secular pacifists brought nonviolent direct action into the mass movements for social justice and world peace.-- "Larry Wittner, author of The Struggle Against the Bomb"