General Lewis B. Hershey and Conscientious Objection during World War II

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Contents´ ´ ´ ´ Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Chapter 1 An Emphasis on Service: Civilian Public Service and the Citizen Soldier Tradition 5 Chapter 2 Background and Beliefs of Hershey 14 Chapter 3 History and Demands of Manpower and Conscientious Objection 26 Chapter 4 The Early Agents of Objection and Conscription: The Historic Peace Churches, the Interwar Years, and the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 50 Chapter 5 Hershey and Conscientious Objection during the Peacetime Draft, September 1940–December 1941 80 Chapter 6 Hershey and Conscientious Objection in the Time of War, 1941–1944 100 Chapter 7 Hershey and Congress Examine Conscientious Objection 119 vii viii Chapter 8 Hershey and the End of Civilian Public Service, 1945–1946 134 Chapter 9 Hershey and the Legacy of Alternative Service 147 Conclusion 161 Notes 167 Bibliography 187 Index 197 Contents ...