Refusenik!

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1848130791
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (481 download)

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Book Synopsis Refusenik! by : Peretz Kidron

Download or read book Refusenik! written by Peretz Kidron and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2008-02-29 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hundreds of Israeli soldiers, called up to take part in controversial campaigns like the 1982 invasion of Lebanon or policing duties in the Palestinian territories today, have refused orders. Many of these 'refuseniks' have faced prison sentences rather than take part in what they regard as an unjust occupation in defence of illegal Jewish settlements. In this inspirational book, Peretz Kidron, himself a refusenik, gives us the stories, experiences, viewpoints, even poetry, of these courageous conscripts who believe in their country, but not in its actions beyond its borders. We read about the cautious, even embarrassed, response of the authorities. And we see the wider implications of the philosophy of selective refusal - which is not the same thing as pacifism -- for conscientious citizens in every country where conscription still exists. Here is a real model for the peace movement in Israel and worldwide.

Conscience

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101515309
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Book Synopsis Conscience by : Louisa Thomas

Download or read book Conscience written by Louisa Thomas and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-06-02 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Norman Thomas and his brothers' upbringing prepared them for a life of service-but their calls to conscience threatened to tear them apart Conscience is Louisa Thomas's beautifully written account of the remarkable Thomas brothers at the turn of the twentieth century. At a time of trial, each brother struggled to understand his obligation to his country, family, and faith. Centered around the story of the eldest, Norman Thomas (later the six-time Socialist candidate for president), the book explores the difficult decisions the four brothers faced with the advent of World War I. Sons of a Presbyterian minister and grandsons of missionaries, they shared a rigorous moral upbringing, a Princeton education, and a faith in the era's spirit of hope. Two became soldiers. Ralph enlisted right away, heeding President Woodrow Wilson's call to fight for freedom. A captain in the Army Corps of Engineers, he was ultimately wounded in France. Arthur, the youngest, was less certain about the righteousness of the cause but sensitive to his obligation as a citizen-and like so many men eager to have a chance to prove himself. The other two were pacifists. Evan became a conscientious objector, protesting conscription; when the truce was signed on November 11, 1918, he was in solitary confinement. Norman left his ministry in the tenements of East Harlem, New York, and began down the course he would follow for the rest of his life, fighting for civil liberties, social justice, and greater equality, and against violence as a method of change. Conscience reveals the tension among responsibilities, beliefs, and desires, between ideas and actions-and, sometimes, between brothers. Conscience moves from the gothic buildings of Princeton to the tenements of New York City, from the West Wing of the White House to the battlefields of France, tracking how four young men navigated a period of great uncertainty and upheaval. A Thomas family member herself (Norman was Louisa's great grandfather), Thomas proposes that there is something we might recover from the brothers' debates about conscience: a way of talking about personal liberty and social obligation, about being true to oneself and to one another.

Soldiers of Conscience

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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803232888
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Book Synopsis Soldiers of Conscience by : Shirley Castelnuovo

Download or read book Soldiers of Conscience written by Shirley Castelnuovo and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of Japanese Americans in World War II does not record the stories of these resisters. It does not mention the War Department Special Organization, to which many of them were transferred, or the individuals who were tried and sentenced by military courts to long prison terms. The two hundred conscientious military resisters felt betrayed by the government and viewed the decision to imprison Japanese Americans as an immoral acquiescence to West Coast racism."--Pub. desc.

Conscience at War

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Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438410980
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Book Synopsis Conscience at War by : Ruth Linn

Download or read book Conscience at War written by Ruth Linn and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Israel's security is maintained largely by civilians in uniform. The chronic state of war in Israel requires that every Israeli civilian serve in the Israel Defense Forces as a reservist until the age of 55. The focus of this book is the intellectual and moral challenges selective conscientious objection poses for resisters in Israel. It is the first psychological study of the Intifada refusniks. The 1982–1985 Lebanon War was a dramatic turning point in the intensity, depth, forms, and magnitude of criticism against the army, and this war serves as the starting point for Ruth Linn's inquiry into moral criticism of Israeli soldiers in morally no-win situations during the Intifada. In each of these conflicts, about 170 reserve soldiers became selective conscientious objectors. In each conflict, however, numerous objecting soldiers also "refused to refuse," proclaiming that their right to voice their moral concern springs from their dedication to, and fulfillment of, the hardship of military obligation. Linn uses the theories of Rawls, Walzer, Kohlberg, and Gilligan as a framework for understanding and interpreting interviews with objecting soldiers. By this means, she seeks to answer such questions as: How would various groups of objecting soldiers justify their specific choice of action? What are the psychological, moral, and non-moral characteristics of those individuals who decided to be, or refused to be, patriotic? And how did the Intifada, as a limited yet morally problematic military conflict, affect the moral thinking, emotions, and moral language of long term soldiers?

Liberty and Conscience

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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195151224
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)

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Book Synopsis Liberty and Conscience by : Peter Brock

Download or read book Liberty and Conscience written by Peter Brock and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While objections in the 20th century have been well documented there has been little study of pacifist beliefs in America's early conflicts. This work seeks to remedy this by shedding new light on early US religious and military history.

Conscience

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ISBN 13 : 9781617935824
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (358 download)

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Download or read book Conscience written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Norman Thomas and his brothers' upbringing prepared them for a life of service--but their calls to conscience threatened to tear them apart. Conscience is Louisa Thomas's account of the remarkable Thomas brothers in a time of trial, exploring the difficult decisions the four brothers faced with the advent of World War I. Sons of a Presbyterian minister and grandsons of missionaries, they shared a rigorous moral upbringing, a Princeton education, and a faith in the era's spirit of hope. Ralph enlisted right away, heeding President Wilson's call. Arthur, the youngest, was less certain about the righteousness of the cause but sensitive to his obligation as a citizen. Evan became a conscientious objector; when the truce was signed in 1918, he was in solitary confinement. Norman left his ministry in the tenements of East Harlem, New York, and began the course he would follow for the rest of his life, fighting for civil liberties and social justice, and against violence as a method of change.--From publisher description.

Battle of Conscience

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ISBN 13 : 9780473316211
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)

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Book Synopsis Battle of Conscience by : Erika Blériot

Download or read book Battle of Conscience written by Erika Blériot and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Black Edelweiss

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
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Book Synopsis Black Edelweiss by : Johann Voss

Download or read book Black Edelweiss written by Johann Voss and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a 20-year old Waffen-SS veteran of two years' combat against the Soviets and Americans is confronted with the awful, undeniable truth of the Holocaust, he must reconcile it with his pride in his comrades' battlefield sacrifices. The author served in SS Mountain Infantry Regiment 11 Reinhard Heydrich, part of 6th SS Mountain Division Nord. The book is mostly an account of his extensive combat service against the Soviets in northern Karelia and Finland, with a shorter section describing combat against the Americans in the Vosges and in the Saar-Moselle triangle. Voss reflects on the totality of his wartime experiences, from the origins of his reasons for enlisting in the Waffen-SS to his experiences in US captivity. The result is a compelling and honest account.

The Stuff of Soldiers

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Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501739816
Total Pages : 571 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Book Synopsis The Stuff of Soldiers by : Brandon M. Schechter

Download or read book The Stuff of Soldiers written by Brandon M. Schechter and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Stuff of Soldiers uses everyday objects to tell the story of the Great Patriotic War as never before. Brandon M. Schechter attends to a diverse array of things—from spoons to tanks—to show how a wide array of citizens became soldiers, and how the provisioning of material goods separated soldiers from civilians. Through a fascinating examination of leaflets, proclamations, newspapers, manuals, letters to and from the front, diaries, and interviews, The Stuff of Soldiers reveals how the use of everyday items made it possible to wage war. The dazzling range of documents showcases ethnic diversity, women's particular problems at the front, and vivid descriptions of violence and looting. Each chapter features a series of related objects: weapons, uniforms, rations, and even the knick-knacks in a soldier's rucksack. These objects narrate the experience of people at war, illuminating the changes taking place in Soviet society over the course of the most destructive conflict in recorded history. Schechter argues that spoons, shovels, belts, and watches held as much meaning to the waging of war as guns and tanks. In The Stuff of Soldiers, he describes the transformative potential of material things to create a modern culture, citizen, and soldier during World War II.

Conscience and Command

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Book Synopsis Conscience and Command by : James Finn

Download or read book Conscience and Command written by James Finn and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Crisis of Conscience

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Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774858540
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)

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Book Synopsis Crisis of Conscience by : Amy J. Shaw

Download or read book Crisis of Conscience written by Amy J. Shaw and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The First World War's appalling death toll and the need for a sense of equality of sacrifice on the home front led to Canada's first experience of overseas conscription. While historians have focused on resistance to enforced military service in Quebec, this has obscured the important role of those who saw military service as incompatible with their religious or ethical beliefs. Crisis of Conscience is the first and only book about the Canadian pacifists who refused to fight in the Great War. The experience of these conscientious objectors offers insight into evolving attitudes about the rights and responsibilities of citizenship during a key period of Canadian nation building.

Soldiers' Pay

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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780871401663
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (16 download)

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Book Synopsis Soldiers' Pay by : William Faulkner

Download or read book Soldiers' Pay written by William Faulkner and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1997 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faulkner's first novel, published in 1926, is one of the most memorable works to emerge from the First World War.

Refusenik!

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Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1848137664
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (481 download)

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Book Synopsis Refusenik! by : Peretz Kidron

Download or read book Refusenik! written by Peretz Kidron and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hundreds of Israeli soldiers, called up to take part in controversial campaigns like the 1982 invasion of Lebanon or policing duties in the Palestinian territories today, have refused orders. Many of these 'refuseniks' have faced prison sentences rather than take part in what they regard as an unjust occupation in defence of illegal Jewish settlements. In this inspirational book, Peretz Kidron, himself a refusenik, gives us the stories, experiences, viewpoints, even poetry, of these courageous conscripts who believe in their country, but not in its actions beyond its borders. We read about the cautious, even embarrassed, response of the authorities. And we see the wider implications of the philosophy of selective refusal - which is not the same thing as pacifism -- for conscientious citizens in every country where conscription still exists. Here is a real model for the peace movement in Israel and worldwide.

A Soldier's Conscience

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Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1398453161
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (984 download)

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Book Synopsis A Soldier's Conscience by : Charles.G. Fournel

Download or read book A Soldier's Conscience written by Charles.G. Fournel and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2022-10-31 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a soldier has trouble accepting the acts of the regime he serves, how much can his conscience take? What should he do? Could he betray his comrades? These are the questions that faced a young Wehrmacht soldier, after being posted to a top secret base in France. After helping the civilian French resistance, the former soldier must reinvent himself and join the Italian partisans. If these resistance members found out his true identity, he could forfeit his life. With potential enemies all around him, can he betray his fellow countrymen and survive the war unscathed?

Tomas Young's War

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Publisher : Haymarket Books
ISBN 13 : 1608466515
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (84 download)

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Book Synopsis Tomas Young's War by : Mark Wilkerson

Download or read book Tomas Young's War written by Mark Wilkerson and published by Haymarket Books. This book was released on 2016-05-14 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tomas Young’s War is the tragic yet life affirming story of a paralyzed Iraq War veteran who spent his last ten years battling heroically with his injuries, while courageously speaking against America's wars. Based on hours of interviews with Young and those close to him, the book puts the reader alongside Young as he struggles with life as a paralyzed veteran, suffering frustration and humiliation as he attempts to reenter society and resume as normal an existence as possible. It shows his fight to balance his precarious health with his drive to speak out for veterans care and against the war, and the impact his catastrophic injuries had on his family and his relationships. This emotional and powerful book sheds light on many crucial but often overlooked issues such as veterans’ care, public attitudes toward the disabled, medical marijuana, and the terminally ill. Tomas Young’s War shares everything, as unflinchingly honest as Tomas himself: the depression, the pain, the love, and laughter . . . the life of this man whose world was turned upside down by an Iraqi bullet more than ten years ago. Throughout, it serves as a powerful testament to the true cost of war.

The Will to Resist

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Publisher : Haymarket Books
ISBN 13 : 1608460754
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (84 download)

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Book Synopsis The Will to Resist by : Dahr Jamail

Download or read book The Will to Resist written by Dahr Jamail and published by Haymarket Books. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An award-winning journalist tells the hidden story of American soldiers turning against an unjust war.

Road from Ar Ramadi

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Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Book Synopsis Road from Ar Ramadi by : Camilo Mejía

Download or read book Road from Ar Ramadi written by Camilo Mejía and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiring story of a soldier who, after fighting in Iraq, publicly refused to return to the war.