Description
Book SynopsisStoltzfus explores the tension between a country preparing to enter into a world war and a people whose history of martyrdom for their pacifist beliefs goes back to their sixteenth-century Reformation beginnings.
Trade ReviewDuane Stoltzfus... presents a well-written and moving case study of the Hutterites' imprisonment, as well as a more extensive examination of violations of American religious and political dissenters' civil rights during the Great War... Engaging with history in works like this one reminds us of the richness of our immigrant history, the fragility of the rights that immigrants come to this country to enjoy, and the obligation to defend those rights, even under exigent circumstances. -- Carol A. Leibiger Yearbook of German-American Studies
Table of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgments
Timeline
1. Called to Duty
2. Forced Migrations
3. A Nation Rises Up
4. Standing Trial
5. The Dungeons of Alcatraz
6. Enemy on the Home Front
7. Midnight at Leavenworth
8. Outside Advocates
9. Official Misjudgment
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
