Radical Pacifism: The War Resisters League and Gandhian Nonviolence in America, 1915-1963

by Scott H. Bennett

Book Overview

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. S. wars and championing conscientious objection to these wars, Scott H. Bennett shows how the WRL--led by its colorful members--functioned as a "movement halfway house," assisting and influencing a variety of social reform groups and campaigns. He...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081563028X
• ISBN13: 9780815630289
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 335 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"