[This] sympathetic history of resistance to military conscription in the U.S. is no dry-as-dust academic tome. It is a concise, humane chronicle of the most familiar expression of a very old American ideal--pacifism. Booklist
Introduction Colonial Roots Draft Resistance and Abolitionism World War I and the Birth of the Modern Movement World War II and the Continuation of the Pacifist Tradition The Draft and the Cold War Vietnam and the Collapse of the Draft The Reemergence of Registration Resistance The Evolution of Draft Law The Draft and Social Change Conclusion: The Courage of Peace
STEPHEN M. KOHN is a partner in the Washington, D.C., law firm of Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto, LLP, and Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the National Whistleblower Center. He is the former Director of Corporate Litigation for the Government Accountability Project. Nationally recognized for his scholarship and litigation on behalf of whistleblowers, Kohn in 1985 authored the first legal text on whistleblower law. He is the author of Concepts and Procedures in Whistleblower Law (Quorum, 2000).
?[This] sympathetic history of resistance to military conscription
in the U.S. is no dry-as-dust academic tome. It is a concise,
humane chronicle of the most familiar expression of a very old
American ideal--pacifism.?-Booklist
?Concise and clearly written, it makes important points and
supports them with a strong collection of evidence. . . . Jailed
for Peace will itself make a significant and lasting contribution
to liberty and world peace.?-Resistance News
"�This� sympathetic history of resistance to military conscription
in the U.S. is no dry-as-dust academic tome. It is a concise,
humane chronicle of the most familiar expression of a very old
American ideal--pacifism."-Booklist
"[This] sympathetic history of resistance to military conscription
in the U.S. is no dry-as-dust academic tome. It is a concise,
humane chronicle of the most familiar expression of a very old
American ideal--pacifism."-Booklist
"Concise and clearly written, it makes important points and
supports them with a strong collection of evidence. . . . Jailed
for Peace will itself make a significant and lasting contribution
to liberty and world peace."-Resistance News
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