These Strange Criminals An Anthology of Prison Memoirs by Conscientious Objectors from the Great War to the Cold War |
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Author:
| Brock, Peter |
Editor:
| Brock, Peter |
ISBN: | 978-0-8020-8661-7 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2004 |
Publisher: | University of Toronto Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $53.95 |
Book Description:
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Sometimes intensely moving, and often inspiring, these memoirs show that in some cases, individual conscientious objectors - many well-educated and politically aware - sought to reform the penal system from within either by publicizing its dysfunction or through further resistance to authority.
Sometimes intensely moving, and often inspiring, these memoirs show that in some cases, individual conscientious objectors - many well-educated and politically aware - sought to reform the penal system from within either by publicizing its dysfunction or through further resistance to authority.