Resister : a story of protest and prison during the Vietnam War /
Bruce Dancis.
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, (c)2014.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Boy from the Bronx -- Socialism in two summer communities -- First year at Cornell : runs, pledges and sit-ins -- Tenant organizing in East Harlem -- From protest to resistance -- Draft cards are for burning -- The summer of love and disobedience -- The resistance -- SDS, South Africa and the security index -- From resistance to revolution -- Trials and tribulations -- Rebellion and factionalism in black and white -- Brinksmanship, or, Cornell on the brink -- Safety and survival in my new Kentucky home -- A typical day in prison, and a few that weren't -- Politics in prison, or, Keeping up with the outside world -- Getting out -- Did we end the war? did draft resistance matter?
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.
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Dancis, Bruce.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Draft resisters--United States--Biography. Draft resisters--United States--Biography. Political prisoners--United States--Biography. Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States.