Jailed for Peace: The History of American Draft Law Violators, 1658-1985

By Stephen M. Kohn

Book Overview

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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275927768
• ISBN13: 9780275927769
• Release Date: August 1987
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 199 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.