Dr. Mark Henry Kinn grew up both searching for and running from his parents’ tragic past. How do you live through a trauma that isn’t even your own? How does a child live with the poignan
Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor unleashed rampant racism and distrust towards "all things alien," and it raised perplexing questions of national identity that still reverberate. Persons of Japanese an
This collection of gripping short biographies brings to life the brave and often surprising exploits of 16 fascinating women from around the world who served their countries at a time when most of the
After Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, persons of Japanese ancestry were the victims of frequent racist acts and culturally biased governmental loyalty investigations and, finally, of exclusion and imp
Americans are familiar with the trope of the Vietnam "draft dodger" fleeing to Canada in the 1960s. However, Canadian historical scholar Squires suggests that acceptance of war resisters (a term chose
This deeply researched book is the first history of the War Resisters League, an organization that represents the major vehicle of secular radical pacifism in the United States. Besides opposing all U
The Third Reich was the twentieth century’s most popular tyranny. After Adolf Hitler took power in 1933, most of Germany’s civil servants and professional elite collaborated with the Nazis or else tri
Despite a long history and tradition in the United States, conscientious objectors to war have always been in the minority. Only a handful of objectors dissented against World War I and II, and their
If you've ever questioned the logic of basing an entire identity around what you have between your legs, it's time to embark on a daring escape outside of the binary box... Open your eyes to what it m
One of the Washington Post's Top Nonfiction Titles of 2001In the spring of 1942, the federal government forced West Coast Japanese Americans into detainment camps on suspicion of disloyalty. Two years
The electrifying story of the turbulent year when the sixties ended and America teetered on the edge of revolutionAs the 1960s drew to a close, the United States was coming apart at the seams. From Au
A riveting oral history of America in the turbulent year when the sixties ended, the seventies began, and the nation teetered on the edge of revolt,Witness to the Revolution brings readers back to a m
Muller (law, U. of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill) is the son of a Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany who escaped to the U.S. and were later subjected to some of the same restrictions as West Coast Japanese
During times of grave injustice, some individuals, groups, and organizations courageously resist maltreatment of all people, regardless of their backgrounds. Courageous resisters h
The War Resisters League was founded in 1923 by socialist pacifist Jessie Wallace Hughan and grew to become one of the most important secular absolute pacifist organizations opposing war. In his histo
Writings from over 2,000 years of tax resisters and tax resistance campaigns, covering both tax resistance as an act of individual conscience and revenue refusal as a technique of nonviolent resistanc
