Word: voluntaryism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Brenner denied Elksnis due process when he did not tell him that he could change his plea, said Judge Weinfeld; more important for other cases, even if Brenner had kept his word, the whole pact violated rules of "fundamental fairness." Such bargains, said Weinfeld, are inherently wrong because of "the...
That was well and good, but just as the Americans were beginning to breathe more easily, Tarn Chau went back on the offensive. He issued an ultimatum giving Ky and Chief of State Nguyen Van Thieu 48 hours to resign, warned that if they did not meet his deadline all...
To provide some form of voluntary training, the Harvard Regiment was organized. The Regiment, which attracted nation-wide attention, gave its 1200 student members training in military tactics, taught them how to use rifles and expected them to attend one lecture a week in military science. In March, 1916, 52...
During the fall of 1916 and the winter of 1917 the issue had changed from "should the U.S. prepare?", to "how should the U.S. prepare?", and the dispute between the preparers and the pacifists flared up again. It was at this time that the Senate began to discuss the Chamberlain...
But the pacifist movement was not completely dead. At the end of January a majority of students at the Divinity School signed a petition which was sent to Congress opposing any form of conscription on the grounds that it was un-Christian, contrary to American ideals, and self-defeating since...