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dc.contributor.authorOliver, Bobbie
dc.contributor.editorBobbie Oliver
dc.contributor.editorSue Summers
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T15:07:49Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T15:07:49Z
dc.date.created2015-05-22T08:32:11Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationOliver, B. 2014. 'What kind of democracy is this?': Conscientious objectors to the National Service Schemes, 1950–1972, in Oliver, B. and Summers, P. (ed), Lest we forget?: Marginalised aspects of Australia at war and peace, pp. 83-115. Perth, WA: Black Swan Press.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43473
dc.description.abstract

This chapter examines a different kind of sacrifice – that made by young men who went contrary to the tide of popular opinion to make a stand against conscription for military service, and in particular, conscription for active service overseas in the Vietnam War. Historians have often portrayed Australians as a nation eager to go to war, especially on behalf of ‘a powerful ally’ such as Britain or the United States of America – an assumption based on the thousands who willingly enlisted in both world wars, and the public scorn directed at those who stayed home. Despite this perception being challenged by Australia’s involvement in an increasingly unpopular war in Vietnam, conscientious objectors still suffered social stigma, loss of employment and economic hardship as well as long periods in prison.

dc.publisherBlack Swan Press
dc.title'What kind of democracy is this?': Conscientious objectors to the National Service Schemes
dc.typeBook Chapter
dcterms.source.startPage83
dcterms.source.endPage115
dcterms.source.titleLest We Forget? Marginalised aspects of Australia at war and peace
dcterms.source.isbn9780987567031
dcterms.source.placeBentley, WA.
dcterms.source.chapter7
curtin.departmentSchool of Media, Culture and Creative Arts
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