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Book An Introduction to Friends Civilian Public Service

Download or read book An Introduction to Friends Civilian Public Service written by American Friends Service Committee. Civilian Public Service and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Civilian Public Service

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  • Author : American Friends Service Committee
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1942*
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 18 pages

Download or read book Civilian Public Service written by American Friends Service Committee and published by . This book was released on 1942* with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Friends Civilian Public Service

Download or read book Friends Civilian Public Service written by American Friends Service Committee and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Projects and Incentives

Download or read book Projects and Incentives written by American Friends Service Committee and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Special Monograph

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  • Author : United States. Selective Service System
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1950
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 396 pages

Download or read book Special Monograph written by United States. Selective Service System and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Conscientious Objection

Download or read book Conscientious Objection written by United States. Selective Service System and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Conscientious Objection

Download or read book Conscientious Objection written by Neal M. Wherry and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The CPS Story

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  • Author : Albert N. Keim
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1990
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 136 pages

Download or read book The CPS Story written by Albert N. Keim and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The time was World War II. The U.S. government had not devised a way to deal with the thousands who, for reasons of conscience, would refuse to fight. Eager to avoid a repeat of the harsh treatment their young men had experienced during World War I, the Historic Peace Churches (Quakers, Mennonites, Amish, and Brethren) fashioned a program acceptable to their peace convictions--and the highly militarized U.S. government. It is an earthy story, full of personal struggle, government red tape, humor, and loss--an unusual experiment in church-state relations.

Book Refusing War  Affirming Peace

Download or read book Refusing War Affirming Peace written by Jeffrey Kovac and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the untold stories of America's World War II experience belongs to the thousands who refused military service for reasons of conscience, instead serving their country through non-military alternate service. Refusing War, Affirming Peace offers an intimate view of a single Civilian Public Service Camp, Camp #21 at Cascade Locks, Oregon, one of the largest and longest-serving camps in the system- and one of the most unusual. Under the leadership of a remarkable director, Rev. Mark Y. Schrock, and some outstanding camp leaders, the men at Camp #21 created a vibrant community. Despite the requisite long days of physical labor, the men developed a strong educational program, published a newspaper and a literary magazine, produced plays and concerts, and participated in a special school and research project called the School of Pacifist Living. They also challenged the Selective Service System in two political protests-one concerning the threatened removal of a Japanese American, George Yamada, and a second concerning a warrelated work project. Their story shows the CPS system at its best.

Book The National Union Catalog  Pre 1956 Imprints

Download or read book The National Union Catalog Pre 1956 Imprints written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Acts of Conscience

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  • Author : Steven J. Taylor
  • Publisher : Syracuse University Press
  • Release : 2009-07-10
  • ISBN : 0815651406
  • Pages : 506 pages

Download or read book Acts of Conscience written by Steven J. Taylor and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-10 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mid- to late 1940s, a group of young men rattled the psychiatric establishment by beaming a public spotlight on the squalid conditions and brutality in our nation’s mental hospitals and training schools for people with psychiatric and intellectual disabilities. Bringing the abuses to the attention of newspapers and magazines across the country, they led a reform effort to change public attitudes and to improve the training and status of institutional staff. Prominent Americans, such as Eleanor Roosevelt, ACLU founder Roger Baldwin, author Pearl S. Buck, actress Helen Hayes, and African-American activist Mary McLeod Bethune, supported the efforts of the young men. These young men were among the 12,000 World War II conscientious objectors who chose to perform civilian public service as an alternative to fighting in what is widely regarded as America’s "good war." Three thousand of these men volunteered to work at state institutions where they discovered appalling conditions. Acting on conscience a second time, they challenged America’s treatment of its citizens with severe disabilities. Acts of Conscience brings to light the extra-ordinary efforts of these courageous men, drawing upon extensive archival research, interviews, and personal correspondence. The World War II conscientious objectors were not the first to expose public institutions, and they would not be the last. What distinguishes them from reformers of other eras is that their activities have faded from the professional and popular memory. Taylor’s moving account is an indispensable contribution to the historical record.

Book Friends  Intelligencer

Download or read book Friends Intelligencer written by and published by . This book was released on 1945-07 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Subject Catalog of the World War I Collection

Download or read book Subject Catalog of the World War I Collection written by New York Public Library. Reference Department and published by Boston, Hall. This book was released on 1961 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Civilian Warriors

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  • Author : Erik Prince
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2014-10-28
  • ISBN : 1591847451
  • Pages : 417 pages

Download or read book Civilian Warriors written by Erik Prince and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The founder of Blackwater offers the gripping true story of the world’s most controversial military contractor. In 1997, former Navy SEAL Erik Prince started a business that would recruit civilians for the riskiest security jobs in the world. As Blackwater’s reputation grew, demand for its services escalated, and its men eventually completed nearly 100,000 missions for both the Bush and Obama administrations. It was a huge success except for one problem: Blackwater was demonized around the world. Its employees were smeared as mercenaries, profiteers, or worse. And because of the secrecy requirements of its contracts with the Pentagon, the State Department, and the CIA, Prince was unable to correct false information. But now he’s finally able to tell the full story about some of the biggest controversies of the War on Terror, in a memoir that reads like a thriller.

Book America s Alternative Religions

Download or read book America s Alternative Religions written by Timothy Miller and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a source of reliable information on the most important new and alternative religions covering history, theology, impact on the culture, and current status. It includes a chapter on the Branch Davidians.