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'War by Other Means' tells the story of those conscientious objectors during who did not cooperate with the government's alternative-service schemes.

(Archived document, may contain errors) September 1979 THE ANTIDEFENSE LOBBY., PART. "THE PEACE MOVEMENT.. CONTINUED" (Executive Summary)

An award-winning historian, journalist, author and longtime editor of the Nation, Victor Navasky has died at 90

Visiting the Nixon museum, I knew I was entering an alternate universe where I’d have to reevaluate my beliefs. I decided to embrace that challenge.

Author: Daniel Akst In “War By Other Means,” Daniel Akst takes readers into the wild, heady, and uncertain times of America on the brink of a world war, following four fascinating resisters — four figures who would subsequently become famous political thinkers and activists — and their daring exploits: David Dellinger, Dorothy Day, Dwight MacDonald, and Bayard Rustin. The

<p>Staughton Lynd was always in the trenches fighting for a better world, and for that he remains a “admirable radical” and, for that matter, a beautiful person.</p>

Daniel Akst discusses 'War By Other Means,' a portrait of four World War II pacifists, including Bayard Rustin and Dorothy Day, who changed American culture.

The pacifists misjudged Hitler, writes reviewer Glenn C. Altschuler. But, he notes, they also pressed for change in prisons and mental hospitals; protested the forced evacuation of Japanese Americans to camps; demanded that the Roosevelt administration do more to save European Jews. They founded the Congress for Racial Equality and helped make nonviolent mass protest a foundational strategy for the civil rights movement. They taught Americans to be wary of authority, consolidation and dehumaniza...

<p>Staughton Lynd was always in the trenches fighting for a better world, and for that he remains a “admirable radical” and, for that matter, a beautiful person.</p>

NONFICTION: The little-known story of pacifist activism during World War II, told through the lives of four people.