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When we lament over the German conscience, we are demanding of them a display of self-hatred -- a good thing, no doubt.
The revolutionary pacifism of A.J. Muste: On the backgrounds of the Pacific War (1969)
Unlike the German Kaiser, our soul is not torn.
The revolutionary pacifism of A.J. Muste: On the backgrounds of the Pacific War (1969)
It is very difficult to retain a faith in the "essential humanity" of the SS trooper or the Commissar or the racist blinded with hate and fear, or, for that matter, the insensate victim of a life of anti-communist indoctrination.
The revolutionary pacifism of A.J. Muste: On the backgrounds of the Pacific War (1969)
The circumstances of the anti-fascist war subjected it to the most severe of tests. Does it survive this test? When I began working on this article, I was not at all sure. I still feel quite ambivalent about the matter.
The revolutionary pacifism of A.J. Muste: On the backgrounds of the Pacific War (1969)
Only rarely has the question been raised whether there was any justification for American victory in the Pacific war; and this issue, where faced at all, has been posed in the context of the cold war -- that is, was it wise to have removed a counterweight to growing Chinese power, soon to become "Communist" power?
The revolutionary pacifism of A.J. Muste: On the backgrounds of the Pacific War (1969)