Resister
Subtitle: a story of protest and prison during the Vietnam War
By: Bruce Dancis
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
ISBN-13: 9780801452420
Subjects: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Protest movements; Draft resisters; Biography; Political prisoners
Description: Offers an insider's account of the antiwar and student protest movements of the sixties as well as a look at the prison experiences of Vietnam-era draft resisters.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-358) and index.
Table of contents: title: Boy from the Bronx; title: Socialism in two summer communities; title: First year at Cornell : runs, pledges and sit-ins; title: Tenant organizing in East Harlem; title: From protest to resistance; title: Draft cards are for burning; title: The summer of love and disobedience; title: The resistance; title: SDS, South Africa and the security index; title: From resistance to revolution; title: Trials and tribulations; title: Rebellion and factionalism in black and white; title: Brinksmanship, or, Cornell on the brink; title: Safety and survival in my new Kentucky home; title: A typical day in prison, and a few that weren't; title: Politics in prison, or, Keeping up with the outside world; title: Getting out; title: Did we end the war? did draft resistance matter?.