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This text tells the story of how a small group of "radical pacifists" - nonviolent activists such as David Dellinger, Staughton Lynd, A.J. Muste, and Bayard Rustin played a major role in the rebirth of American radicalism and social protest in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Acknowledgments Introduction 1: The Journey to War Resistance 2: Forging a New Radicalism: Conscientious Objectors during World War II 3: Rebels without a Revolution, 1945-1952 4: Slumber and Awakening, 1952-1957 5: Direct Action, 1957-1963 6: The Vietnam Era Notes Bibliography Index

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      Publisher: University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 9/15/1996 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226811277, 978-0226811277
      ISBN10: 0226811271
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This text tells the story of how a small group of "radical pacifists" - nonviolent activists such as David Dellinger, Staughton Lynd, A.J. Muste, and Bayard Rustin played a major role in the rebirth of American radicalism and social protest in the 1950s and 1960s.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments Introduction 1: The Journey to War Resistance 2: Forging a New Radicalism: Conscientious Objectors during World War II 3: Rebels without a Revolution, 1945-1952 4: Slumber and Awakening, 1952-1957 5: Direct Action, 1957-1963 6: The Vietnam Era Notes Bibliography Index

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