Author: George Wilfried HartmannPublisher:
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Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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A Plea for an Immediate Peace by Negotiation
Author: George Wilfried HartmannPublisher:
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Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Radical Pacifism
Author: Scott H BennettPublisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815630289
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
This deeply researched book is the first history of the War Resisters League, an organization that represents the major vehicle of secular radical pacifism in the United States. Besides opposing all U. S. wars and championing conscientious objection to these wars, Scott H. Bennett shows how the WRL—led by its colorful members—functioned as a “movement halfway house,” assisting and influencing a variety of social reform groups and campaigns. He devotes special attention to WWII conscientious objectors (COs) who staged dramatic wartime work and hunger strikes in Civilian Public Service camps and prisons against Jim Crow, censorship, conscription, and other policies. These radical COs moved the postwar WRL in new directions—and transformed radical pacifism. By recovering the important links between the WRL and the peace, civil rights, civil liberties, and antinuclear movements, Bennett demonstrates the social relevance and political effectiveness of radical pacifism. He emphasizes the WRL’s most important legacy: its promotion, legitimization, and Americanization of Gandhian nonviolent direct action, which infused the postwar peace and justice movements.
A Cautious Patriotism
Author: Gerald L. SittserPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807864544
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
World War II was a turning point in twentieth-century American history, and its effects on American society have been studied from virtually every conceivable historical angle. Until now, though, the role of religion--an important aspect of life on the home front--has essentially been overlooked. In A Cautious Patriotism, Gerald Sittser addresses this omission. He examines the issues raised by World War II in light of the reactions they provoked among Catholics, Episcopalians, Lutherans, Unitarians, and members of other Christian denominations. In the process, he enriches our understanding of the relationships between church and society, religion and democracy. In deliberate contrast to the zealous, even jingoistic support they displayed during World War I, American churches met the events of the Second World War with ambivalence. Though devoted to the nation, Sittser argues, they were cautious in their patriotic commitments and careful to maintain loyalty to ideals of peace, justice, and humanitarianism. Religious concerns played a role in the debate over American entry into the war and continued to resurface over issues of mobilization, military chaplaincy, civil rights, the internment of Japanese Americans, Jewish suffering, the dropping of the atomic bomb, and postwar planning. Originally published in 1997. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
The Library Catalogs of the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, Stanford University
Author: Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and PeacePublisher:
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Category : International relations
Languages : en
Pages : 832
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Peace by Negotiation
Author: J. TelekPublisher:
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Category : Allied and Associated Powers (1914-1920).
Languages : en
Pages : 122
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Pamphlets
Author: Pacifist Research BureauPublisher:
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Category : Peace
Languages : en
Pages : 990
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Enquiry
Author: Quakers and Peace
Author: Ruth FreemanPublisher:
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Category : Pacifism
Languages : en
Pages : 90
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