A Few Small Candles: War Resisters of World War II Tell Their Stories - Gara, Larry; Gara, Lenna Mae
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Little is known about more than 6,000 men who openly refused to enter military service during World War II because of their convictions against killing. In A Few Small Candles, ten men tell why they resisted, what happened to them, and how they feel about that experience today. Their stories detail the resister's struggles against racial segregation in prison, as well as how they instigated work and hunger strikes to demonstrates against other prison injustices. This is a unique collection of memories that illuminates the American homefront during World War II and provides an important source for those interested in the American peace movement.…mehr

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Little is known about more than 6,000 men who openly refused to enter military service during World War II because of their convictions against killing. In A Few Small Candles, ten men tell why they resisted, what happened to them, and how they feel about that experience today. Their stories detail the resister's struggles against racial segregation in prison, as well as how they instigated work and hunger strikes to demonstrates against other prison injustices. This is a unique collection of memories that illuminates the American homefront during World War II and provides an important source for those interested in the American peace movement.
Autorenporträt
Larry Gara, a historian, teacher, and part-time activist, lives with his wife, Lenna Mae Gara, a freelance writer and community activist, in Wilmington, Ohio, where he retired from Wilmington College after 40 years in the classroom. He is concerned that the record of active nonviolence becomes more visible as an important part of U.S. history.