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

Subjects:

• Political Science » Civil/Political/Human Rights
• History » American History (General)

Reviews:

• [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

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Colonial Roots
• Draft Resistance and Abolitionism
• World War I and the Birth of the Modern Movement
• World War II and the Continuation of the Pacifist Tradition
• The Draft and the Cold War
• Vietnam and the Collapse of the Draft
• The Reemergence of Registration Resistance
• The Evolution of Draft Law
• The Draft and Social Change
• Conclusion: The Courage of Peace