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1 online resource (368 pages) |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Wakefield; 2 The Education of a Pacifist; 3 The Hole; 4 "Conchies"; 5 A Rebel in Cold-War America; 6 Winds of Change; 7 The Birth of a Movement; 8 Gandhi and Guerrilla; 9 The Road to Chicago; 10 Disrupting the Holy Mysteries; 11 Staying the Course; 12 Making Peace in Vermont; 13 Farewell, Tough Guy; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
| Summary |
The year was 1969. In a Chicago courthouse, David Dellinger, one of the Chicago Eight, stood trial for conspiring to disrupt the National Democratic Convention. Dellinger, a long-time but relatively unknown activist, was suddenly, at fifty-three, catapulted into the limelight for his part in this intense courtroom drama. From obscurity to leader of the antiwar movement, David Dellinger is the first full biography of a man who bridged the gap between the Old Left and the New Left. Born in 1915 in the upscale Boston suburb of Wakefield to privilege, Dellinger attended Yale during the Depression |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-332) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Dellinger, David T., 1915-2004.
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Dellinger, David T., 1915-2004 fast |
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements.
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Political activists -- United States -- Biography
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Radicals -- United States -- Biography
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Political activists
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Protest movements
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Radicals
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United States
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780814790830 |
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0814790836 |
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