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Felon for Peace: The Memoir of a Vietnam-Era Draft Resister
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Felon for Peace: The Memoir of a Vietnam-Era Draft Resister Hardback - 2005

by Jerry Elmer

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When Jerry Elmer turned eighteen at the height of the Vietnam War, he publicly refused to register for the draft, a felony then and now. Later he burglarized the offices of fourteen draft boards in three cities, destroying the files of men eligible to be drafted. After working almost twenty years in the peace movement, he attended law school, where he was the only convicted felon in Harvard's class of 1990.

This book is a blend of personal memoir, contemporary history, and astute political analysis. Elmer draws on a variety of sources, including never-before-released FBI files, and argues passionately for the practice of nonviolence. He describes the range of actions he took--from draft card burning to organizing draft board raids with Father Phil Berrigan; from vigils on the Capitol steps inside "tiger cages" used to torture Vietnamese political prisoners to jail time for protesting nuclear power plants; from a tour of the killing fields of Cambodia to meetings with Corazon Aquino in the Philippines.

A Vietnamese-language edition of Felon for Peace has also been published.

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  • Title Felon for Peace: The Memoir of a Vietnam-Era Draft Resister
  • Author Jerry Elmer
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 280
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Vanderbilt University Press
  • Publication date 2005-09-09
  • Features Index
  • ISBN 9780826514943 / 0826514944
  • Weight 1.52 lbs (0.69 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.14 x 6.36 x 0.87 in (23.22 x 16.15 x 2.21 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1960's
    • Chronological Period: 1970's
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress subjects Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Draft resisters -, Elmer, Jerry
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2005005031
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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  • Univ PR Books for Public Libry, 01/01/2006, Page 1

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