We Have Just Begun to Not Fight: An Oral History of Conscientious Objectors in the Civilian Public Service During World War II

by Heather T. Frazer and John O'Sullivan

Uses an oral history to illuminate the experience of conscientious objectors in the Civilian Public Service (CPS) during World War II. The CPS program was set up by members of the historic peace churches (Mennonites, Brethren, and Quakers) and participated in by pacifists from other churches, of no specific religious persuasion, and, in the case of a few, no persuasion except not to fight in that particular war. Includes interviews with 17 CPS...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805791345
• ISBN13: 9780805791341
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Twayne Publishers
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.5"