I would like to dodge the draft-dodgers* but; including deserters
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada: Conrad Press, 1970. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. 95, [1] pages. Preface. Footnotes. Bibliography. Appendices. Photographs. Signed by the Editor on the title page. Cover has some wear and soiling. Contributors include: John A. Lapp, John C. Lott, Jon M. Webb, Jim Wilcox, Walter Klaassen, Jim Wert, Leonard Epp, and Bob Neufeld. Frank H. Epp: (1929-1986) was a churchman, journalist, educator, and author. Educated in theology, mass communication, and history, Epp was professor of history at Conrad Grebel College. He was president of Conrad Grebel College, 1973-1979. Under his leadership, the college expanded to include a new academic building as well as programs in peace and conflict studies. His extensive public writing career began in 1951. As founding editor of The Canadian Mennonite (1953-1967) and Mennonite Reporter (1971-1973), he exercised a broad and sometimes controversial influence among Mennonites in Canada at a time when many of them were in a language transition from German to English. From 1957-1963 he was director and regular speaker for the Conference of Mennonites in Manitoba's "Abundant Life" radio program. Epp's research travels, related to peace education and writing projects, included numerous trips to the Middle East (6), Southeast Asia (3), and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (3). Epp's twelve books include three on the Arab-Israeli conflict in the Middle East and three on Mennonites in Canada. These included Mennonites in Canada, volumes I and II; he was working on volume III at the time of his death. His other books deal with educational institutions and with peace and refugee concerns. A collection of essays written at the time of the Vietnam War supporting the acceptance of U.S. draft dodgers by Canadian Christian churches, including Mennonite churches. This book is an attempt to interpret the situation, to increase understanding among all Canadians, but particularly those associated with Christian churches, and to widen the base of moral and material support for the new immigrants. The writers of this book were all very much involved in the then current antiwar movement, and their articles, written from their own vantage points and in their own styles, cover various apses of the whole story. Some of the writers believed that the flow of political refugees from the USA had only begun, and that Canadians would be called upon to apply to Americans the same generosity and humanitarianism that had formerly been associated mainly with movements from Europe and other more distant parts of the world. Condition: Good / No dust jacket issued.
Keywords: Selective Service, Military Draft, Militarism, Conscience, Draft-Dodger, Deserter, Vietnam War, Political Refugees, Migration, Immigrants
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