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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gara, Larry, editor.

Gara, Lenna Mae, 1926- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Conscientious objectors--United States.

World War, 1939-1945.

Service, Compulsory non-military--United States.

Service, Compulsory non-military.

World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.

Conscientious objectors--United States--Biography.

Conscientious objectors.

Political prisoners--United States--Biography.

Political prisoners.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Kent, Ohio ; London : The Kent State University Press, [1999]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

""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""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-207)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

1-61277-201-3

OCLC:

868265712