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019 _a(OCoLC)1013961034
020 _a9781442620803
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024 7 _a10.3138/9781442620803
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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781442620803
035 _a(DE-B1597)465497
035 _a(OCoLC)944178860
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072 7 _aBIO024000
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082 0 4 _a355.2/24/0922
084 _aonline - DeGruyter
245 0 0 _aThese Strange Criminals :
_bAn Anthology of Prison Memoirs by Conscientious Objectors from the Great War to the Cold War /
_ced. by Peter Brock.
264 1 _aToronto :
_bUniversity of Toronto Press,
_c[2004]
264 4 _c©2004
300 _a1 online resource (524 p.)
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tForeword --
_tPreface --
_tDocument Credits --
_tPart One: The Great War --
_tIntroduction --
_tBritain --
_tCanada --
_tNew Zealand --
_tUnited States --
_tPart Two: The Good War --
_tIntroduction --
_tBritain --
_tNew Zealand --
_tAustralia --
_tUnited States --
_tPart Three: Cold-War America --
_tIntroduction --
_tAppendix --
_tFurther Reading
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aIn many modern wars, there have been those who have chosen not to fight. Be it for religious or moral reasons, some men and women have found no justification for breaking their conscientious objection to violence. In many cases, this objection has led to severe punishment at the hands of their own governments, usually lengthy prison terms. Peter Brock brings the voices of imprisoned conscientious objectors to the fore in These Strange Criminals. This important and thought-provoking anthology consists of thirty prison memoirs by conscientious objectors to military service, drawn from the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and centring on their jail experiences either during the first or second world wars or in Cold War America. Voices from history – like those of Stephen Hobhouse, Dame Kathleen Lonsdale, Ian Hamilton, Alfred Hassler, and Donald Wetzel – come alive, detailing the impact of prison life and offering unique perspectives on wartime government policies of conscription and imprisonment. Sometimes intensely moving, and often inspiring, these memoirs show that in some cases, individual conscientious objectors – many well-educated and politically aware – sought to reform the penal system from within either by publicizing its dysfunction or through further resistance to authority. The collection is an essential contribution to our understanding of criminology and the history of pacifism, and represents a valuable addition to prison literature.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Jun 2024)
650 0 _aConscientious objectors
_vBiography.
650 0 _aVietnam War, 1961-1975
_xConscientious objectors.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1914-1918
_xConscientious objectors.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1914-1918
_xPrisoners and prisons.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xConscientious objectors.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xPrisoners and prisons.
650 7 _aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Criminals & Outlaws.
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700 1 _aBrock, Peter
_ecuratore
700 1 _aGaucher, Robert
_eautore
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.3138/9781442620803
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781442620803
856 4 2 _3Cover
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