These Strange Criminals

An Anthology Of Prison Memoirs By Conscientious Objectors From The Great War To The Cold War

EDITED BY PETER BROCK

Brief Description:
This important and thought-provoking anthology consists of thirty prison memoirs by conscientious objectors to military service, centering on their jail experiences either during the first or second world wars or in Cold War America. Voices from history come alive, detailing the impact of prison life and offering unique perspectives on wartime government policies of conscription and imprisonment. Sometimes intensely moving, and often inspiring, these memoirs show that in some cases, individual conscientious objectors sought to reform the penal system from within either by publicizing its dysfunction or through further resistance to authority.

University of Toronto Press 2004 530PP Paper

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