Here on the edge /

This book explores a long-neglected element of World War II history: the role of pacifism in what is often called "The Good War." The author shares the fascinating story of one conscientious objector camp located on the rain-soaked Oregon Coast, Civilian Public Service (CPS) Camp #56. As h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McQuiddy, Steve
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, [2013]
Temas:
Civilian Public Service. > Camp #56 (Waldport, Or.)
1900-1999
World War, 1939-1945 > Conscientious objectors > Oregon > Waldport.
Conscientious objectors > Oregon > Waldport > History > 20th century.
Arts > Oregon > History > 20th century.
Artists > Oregon > History > 20th century.
Authors, American > Oregon > History > 20th century.
Musicians > Oregon > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Oregon > Waldport.
Arts > Oregon > 20e siècle > Histoire.
Artistes > Oregon > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Écrivains américains > Oregon > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Musiciens > Oregon > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Artists
Arts
Authors, American
Conscientious objectors
Intellectual life
Musicians
Oregon > Intellectual life.
Oregon > Vie intellectuelle.
Oregon
Oregon > Waldport
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • An unusual gathering
  • The cost of conscience in America
  • Shared misery and gallows humor
  • Community, cooperation, and sacrifice
  • Against them the creative act
  • Democratic sausage-making
  • No use for war
  • As close as it gets to a school
  • The revolution begins
  • Be cheerful, keep smiling
  • What now?
  • Unscrew the locks from the doors!
  • Coda : Let us at least salute it.

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