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Conscientious Objectors

3/19/2023

When World War II Pacifists "Conquered the Future"

by Eric Laursen

Daniel Akst profiles the pacifists who opposed American involvement in the Second World War and their influence on the civil rights and peace movements that followed.

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Conscientious Objectors

When World War II Pacifists "Conquered the Future"

by Eric Laursen