{"product_id":"9780826514950","title":"Felon for Peace: The Memoir of a Vietnam-Era Draft Resister","description":"\u003cbr\u003eWhen 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.\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Vietnamese-language edition of \u003ci\u003eFelon for Peace\u003c\/i\u003e has also been published.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vanderbilt University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47021748355312,"sku":"9780826514950","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780826514950","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}