A few small candles : war resisters of World War II tell their stories / / edited by Larry Gara & Lenna Mae Gara

• Pubblicazione: Kent, OH, : Kent State University Press, c1999
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (207 p.)
• Disciplina: 940.53/162
• Soggetto topico: World War, 1939-1945 - Conscientious objectors - United States; Service, Compulsory non-military - United States; World War, 1939-1945; Conscientious objectors - United States; Political prisoners - United States
• Altri autori: GaraLarry GaraLenna Mae <1926->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-207)
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1. Prison Memoir""; ""2. Why I Refused to Register in the October 1940 Draft and a Little of What It Led To""; ""3. My Resistance to World War II""; ""4. My War and My Peace""; ""5. My War on War""; ""6. War Resistance in World War II""; ""7. Reflections of a Religious War Objector (Half a Century Later)""; ""8. Prison and Butterfly Wings""; ""9. How the War Changed My Life""; ""10. My Story of World War II""; ""Selected Additional Readings""
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 6,000 were incarcerated with sentences ranging from a few months to five years.
• Titolo autorizzato: A few small candles
• ISBN: 1-61277-201-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910968336003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II