General Lewis B. Hershey and Conscientious Objection during World War II /

"This work examines ... how the duty of service to the state during wartime, a central feature of the citizen soldier in the American military tradition, extended even to those who objected during World War II"--Page 4

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Krehbiel, Nicholas A.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: London : University of Missouri Press, 2011.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Hershey, Lewis Blaine, > 1893-1977.
United States. > Selective Service System.
Draft.
Conscientious objectors.
Conscientious objection.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Service militaire obligatoire > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Objection de conscience > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Objecteurs de conscience > États-Unis.
Draft > United States > History > 20th century.
Conscientious objection > United States > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Conscientious objectors > United States.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • An emphasis on service: civilian public service and the citizen soldier tradition
  • Background and beliefs of Hershey
  • History and demands of manpower and conscientious objection
  • The early agents of objection and conscription: the historic peace churches, the interwar years, and the selective training and service act of 1940
  • Hershey and conscientious objection during the peacetime draft, September 1940-December 1940
  • Hershey and conscientious objection in the time of war, 1941-1944
  • Hershey and congress examine conscientious objection
  • Hershey and the end of civilian public service, 1945-1946
  • Hershey and the legacy of alternative service.

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