I Refuse
Subtitle: Memories of a Vietnam War Objector
Publisher: Broken Rifle Press
Published: March 1992
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780962002427
Subjects: United States; Personal narratives, American; Compulsory Military Service; History - General History; Biography/Autobiography; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Political Science / General; Asia - Southeast Asia; Biography / Autobiography; Pacifism; Politics; Simons, Donald L.); Conscientious objectors; Draft resisters
First sentence: The year 1967 began with United States troop strength in the Vietnam War increasing to 380,000.
Description: I Refuse includes nine chapters, an Afterword and an Appendix that detail the author's struggles as a conscientious objector and exile during the Vietnam era.
I Refuse is a primary source of information on conscientious objection and draft resistance during the Vietnam era--a compelling description of what resistance is like for a mainstream individual who opposes compulsory military service.
Table of contents: class: part
title: Preface; title: Introduction; pagenum: 13
title: THE COLLAPSE OF CAMELOT
label: Chapter 1:; pagenum: 25
label: Chapter 2:
title: WINDING ROAD TO COURAGE; pagenum: 33
title: THE COLD SWIM UPSTREAM
label: Chapter 3:; pagenum: 41
label: Chapter 4:
title: I REFUSE; pagenum: 52
title: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VS. DONALD LAIRD SIMONS
label: Chapter 5:; pagenum: 62
title: EYE-TO-EYE WITH SAM
label: Chapter 6:; pagenum: 72
label: Chapter 7:
title: PEACE ON TRIAL; pagenum: 83
label: Chapter 8:
title: AFTERLIFE; pagenum: 93
label: Chapter 9:
title: PUTTING IT BACK TOGETHER; pagenum: 104
title: Afterword; pagenum: 105
title: APPENDIX:   A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE VIETNAM WAR; pagenum: 109
title: BIBLIOGRAPHY/Footnotes, End Matter