Out of the 9,000,000 men and women serving in our military during World War II, 12,000 refused to participate and bore the stigma of Conscientious Objector. Another 5,000 refused to register and spent time in prison . The author believes there are conditions and events unique to this century whose momentums and trajectories may negatively alter the course of civilization as we experience it. He also believes the majority is dimly aware of these forces, but has not understood the serious consequences should some of these trajectories intersect. The possibility of nuclear war demands the majority pay attention to what pacifists and conscientious objectors have been living and saying. To believe nuclear weapons will not be used because of their extreme destructive power, is to deny history and humanity¿s embedded habit of war and our biological response to it. World War III can be stopped only by the refusal of its citizens to participate. The author believes that in this century conscientious objection to war may be one of few viable alternatives to the self-destruction of civilization.

Why Now? The Evolution of a Conscientious Objector

Swain, Henry

Lotus Petal Publishing

Why Now? Out of the 9,000 men and women serving in our military during World War II, 12,000 refused to participate and bore the stigma of Conscientious Objector. Another 5,000 refused to register and spent time in prison. The author believes there are conditions and events unique to this century whose momentums and trajectories may negatively alter the course of civilizations as we experience it. He also believes the majority is dimly aware of these forces, but has not understood the serious consequences should some of these trajectories intersect. The possibility of nuclear war demands the majority pay attention to what pacifists and conscientious objectors have been living and saying. To believe nuclear weapons will not be used because of their extreme destructive power, is to deny history and humanity's embedded habit of war and our biological response to it. World War III can be stopped only by the refusal of its citizens to participate. The author believes that in this century conscientious objection to war may be on of the few viable alternatives to the self-destruction of civilization.

Why Now?: The Evolution of a Conscientious Objector

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Shook Rick Press

A collection of poems, prose and tall tales from the members of the Writers, Readers and Poets Society of Brown County, Indiana

Hillsounds Three

Literature & Fiction

Kelly, Keith

Shriver, Paul

Mills, John.

Bowden, Erin

W.R.A.P.S.

Edwards, Jude

Bradway, Keith

Arnholt, Paige

Raider, Pam

Poetry

The front cover shows the author in resting mode during the annual ritual of leaf raking on his Brown County, Indiana homestead. In this book he rakes together some of the leaves of his imagination, which have fallen over the years onto the printed page. His winter season is near at hand, and he wishes to gather the leaves before the first killing frost, lest the winter winds blow them beyond his last effort of recall.Like the raked leaves of autumn, this book is a gathering of parts. It is part autobiography, part history, some true stories, and some with exaggerations. There are moments of marginal wit, country observations, and a little poetry added for seasoning.The author has stacked these random parts into chapters for the holding, much the way he stacks his firewood between two trees to be seasoned for next year's burning. The reader can take a stick of wood from the pile, throw it on the fire, and then read the smoke to find the meaning.If the smoke is properly read, the author hopes the reader may also be warmed in the process. He also hopes the contents of the chapters have been properly seasoned and are ready for consumption.

Leaves for the Raking

Contemporary

AuthorHouse

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