Analysis of the problem of conscription and coercion in a democratic society and
the issues of Civilian Public Service. "Because conscription, like slavery, is a
contradiction of ends and means and because it tends to destroy both conscriptor and
conscript, the state -- or pacifist movement -- which employs conscription as a means is
destroying itself."
- Extent
- 5 p.
- Language
- English
- Subject(s)
- Civilian Public Service
- Democracy--United States
- Draft--United States
- World War, 1939-1945--Conscientious objectors
- creator(s)
- Foote, Caleb, 1917-2006
- Genre
- Speeches (documents)
- Rights
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- Cite as:
- Foote, Caleb, 1917-2006. Absolutist objector, pacifism, and the witness against war, ca. 1944. Caleb Foote Papers (MS 1013). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
- Location
- Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
- MS 1013
- Identifier
- mums1013-s02-b02-f091-i002
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