Michael S. Foley collection, 1965-2001.

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Michael S. Foley collection, 1965-2001.

Contains research material gathered for Foley's dissertation and subsequent book, Confronting the War Machine, concerning draft resistance in Boston during the Vietnamese Conflict. Includes questionnaires and transcripts of interviews from 64 respondents, including Noam Chomsky, Ramsey Clark, William Sloane Coffin, Michael Ferber, and Howard Zinn; also includes audiocassettes of interviews.

4.5 linear ft.

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Chomsky, Noam, 1928-

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Avram Noam Chomsky (1928- ) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, author, lecturer and political activist. Beginning with his opposition to the Vietnam War, he established himself as a prominent critic of U.S. foreign and domestic policy. Chomsky has become a profoundly influential voice on the left, lecturing widely and publishing numerous books on foreign policy, Mideast politics and related subjects. His self-professed commitment to freedom has ...

Zinn, Howard, 1922-2010

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Howard Zinn (1922-2010) was an award-winning historian, activist, playwright, teacher, public speaker and author of articles, essays and books including the best-selling A People's History of the United States. Praised for his moral courage and passion for social justice, Zinn influenced thousands of students during a teaching career of more than thirty years. Reaching the wider public through his books, plays, articles, lectures and in theatrical and television presentations of his Voices of A ...

Coffin, William Sloane, Jr., 1924-2006

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Clergyman. From the description of Reminiscences of William S. Coffin, Jr. : oral history, 1989. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122452011 Epithet: Reverend chaplain Yale University British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x000080 William Sloane Coffin, Jr. was born June 1, 1924, in New York City. He attended Deerfield Academy and Phillips Academy Andover b...

Clark, Ramsey, 1927-....

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William Ramsey Clark (b. 1927) was Assistant Attorney General at the Department of Justice from 1961 to 1965, Deputy Attorney General from 1965 to 1967, and Attorney General from 1967 to 1969. After leaving the Federal government, he was a professor of law at Howard University and Brooklyn Law School. From the description of Clark, Ramsey, 1927- (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10580333 ...

Swarthmore College. Peace Collection.

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Foley, Michael S.

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Michael S. Foley; Ph. D. in American History, University of New Hampshire, 1999; author of Confronting the War Machine: Draft Resistance During the Vietnam War (2003), and of Dear Dr. Spock: Letters About the Vietnam War to America's Favorite Baby Doctor (2005). From the description of Michael S. Foley collection, 1965-2001. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 65199543 ...