✊ Conscientious Objector

Stories of those who refuse to fight on moral or religious grounds, illuminating the courage, stigma, and complex patriotism of wartime dissent.

Fight

by Preston Sprinkle • 2013

For three centuries, Christians refused to kill. The forgotten biblical case that they were right.

4.31

1k+

✝️ Christian Ethics 🕊️ Christian Pacifism ✊ Nonviolent Resistance

Fight 88%

For three centuries, Christians refused to kill. The forgotten biblical case that they were right.

by Preston Sprinkle 2013

4.31

1k+ ratings

✝️ Christian Ethics 🕊️ Christian Pacifism ✊ Nonviolent Resistance

The First Casualty

by Ben Elton • 2005

Declared dead, a detective jailed for refusing to kill must solve a poet's murder in Flanders.

3.95

7k+

🕵️ Wwi Murder Mystery 🏳️‍🌈 Forbidden Gay Love 🔍 Reluctant Detective

The First Casualty 88%

Declared dead, a detective jailed for refusing to kill must solve a poet's murder in Flanders.

by Ben Elton 2005

3.95

7k+ ratings

🕵️ Wwi Murder Mystery 🏳️‍🌈 Forbidden Gay Love 🔍 Reluctant Detective

Civil Disobedience and Other Essays

by Henry David Thoreau • 1866

Conscience, not law, is the highest authority. The original case for nonviolent resistance.

4.06

18k+

✊ Civil Disobedience 🌿 American Transcendentalism 🧍 Individualism

Civil Disobedience and Other Essays Summary

Civil Disobedience and Other Essays 87%

Conscience, not law, is the highest authority. The original case for nonviolent resistance.

by Henry David Thoreau 1866

4.06

18k+ ratings

✊ Civil Disobedience 🌿 American Transcendentalism 🧍 Individualism

You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train

by Howard Zinn • 1994

History never stops, and silence is a political act: a memoir of war, racism, and radicalization.

4.34

4k+

🚩 American Leftism ✊ Civil Disobedience ☮️ Anti-War Activism

You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train Summary

You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train 87%

History never stops, and silence is a political act: a memoir of war, racism, and radicalization.

by Howard Zinn 1994

4.34

4k+ ratings

🚩 American Leftism ✊ Civil Disobedience ☮️ Anti-War Activism

My Religion - What I Believe

by Leo Tolstoy • 1884

Jesus didn't teach about an afterlife. He taught nonresistance, poverty, and building heaven now.

4.08

812

🏴 Christian Anarchism ✋ Nonviolence 📜 Christian Ethics

My Religion - What I Believe 87%

Jesus didn't teach about an afterlife. He taught nonresistance, poverty, and building heaven now.

by Leo Tolstoy 1884

4.08

812 ratings

🏴 Christian Anarchism ✋ Nonviolence 📜 Christian Ethics

It Doesn't Take a Hero

by H. Norman Schwarzkopf • 1992

He never claimed to be a hero. His command of Desert Storm proved the point.

4.10

3k+

🫡 Military Leadership 📖 Modern Military Memoir 🇻🇳 Vietnam War Reflections

It Doesn't Take a Hero 87%

He never claimed to be a hero. His command of Desert Storm proved the point.

by H. Norman Schwarzkopf 1992

4.10

3k+ ratings

🫡 Military Leadership 📖 Modern Military Memoir 🇻🇳 Vietnam War Reflections

The Plot to Kill Hitler

by Patricia McCormick • 2016

He was a pacifist pastor. Then he joined a plot to assassinate Hitler.

4.04

3k+

✝️ German Resistance 📖 Wwii Biographies ⚔️ Faith In Crisis

The Plot to Kill Hitler 87%

He was a pacifist pastor. Then he joined a plot to assassinate Hitler.

by Patricia McCormick 2016

4.04

3k+ ratings

✝️ German Resistance 📖 Wwii Biographies ⚔️ Faith In Crisis

Walden and Civil Disobedience

by Henry David Thoreau • 1849

A cabin, a pond, two years, one tax refusal: the American original on freedom and conscience.

3.93

39k+

🏞️ American Transcendentalism 🌿 Nature Writing 🏡 Simple Living

Walden and Civil Disobedience 87%

A cabin, a pond, two years, one tax refusal: the American original on freedom and conscience.

by Henry David Thoreau 1849

3.93

39k+ ratings

🏞️ American Transcendentalism 🌿 Nature Writing 🏡 Simple Living

A Force More Powerful

by Peter Ackerman • 2000

A century of evidence: strikes and boycotts toppled more regimes than bombs ever did.

4.11

300

🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance ✊ Civil Disobedience 📢 Social Movements

A Force More Powerful 87%

A century of evidence: strikes and boycotts toppled more regimes than bombs ever did.

by Peter Ackerman 2000

4.11

300 ratings

🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance ✊ Civil Disobedience 📢 Social Movements

Life, God, and Other Small Topics

by Eric Metaxas • 2011

A pacifist pastor joined the plot to kill Hitler. His theology explains why.

4.03

504

🏰 German History 📚 20th Century Theology ✊ Resistance To Tyranny

Life, God, and Other Small Topics Summary

Life, God, and Other Small Topics 87%

A pacifist pastor joined the plot to kill Hitler. His theology explains why.

by Eric Metaxas 2011

4.03

504 ratings

🏰 German History 📚 20th Century Theology ✊ Resistance To Tyranny

Facing the Lion - Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe

by Simone Arnold Liebster • 2000

Refused the Nazi salute at twelve. Reform school. Parents to camps. Then she chose to forgive.

4.72

2k+

📖 Holocaust Memoirs 🚩 Nazi Occupation 🙏 Religious Persecution

Facing the Lion - Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe Summary

Facing the Lion - Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe 87%

Refused the Nazi salute at twelve. Reform school. Parents to camps. Then she chose to forgive.

by Simone Arnold Liebster 2000

4.72

2k+ ratings

📖 Holocaust Memoirs 🚩 Nazi Occupation 🙏 Religious Persecution

The Powers That Be

by Walter Wink • 1998

Every institution is a spirit. The cross exposed the violence that holds civilization together.

4.24

1k+

🧭 Political Theology ✊🏾 Nonviolent Resistance 👁️ Powers And Principalities

The Powers That Be 87%

Every institution is a spirit. The cross exposed the violence that holds civilization together.

by Walter Wink 1998

4.24

1k+ ratings

🧭 Political Theology ✊🏾 Nonviolent Resistance 👁️ Powers And Principalities

Dear Mr. Kilmer

by Anne E. Schraff • 1999

An Iowa boy writes to poet Joyce Kilmer, then must defy his town's war-fueled prejudice.

3.96

272

🏠 WWI Home Front ✉️ Letter Correspondence 💚 Gentle Masculinity

Dear Mr. Kilmer 86%

An Iowa boy writes to poet Joyce Kilmer, then must defy his town's war-fueled prejudice.

by Anne E. Schraff 1999

3.96

272 ratings

🏠 WWI Home Front ✉️ Letter Correspondence 💚 Gentle Masculinity

To End All Wars

by Adam Hochschild • 2011

A general led Britain's army. His sister led its pacifists. The Great War as family feud.

4.14

9k+

🪖 World War One 🎖️ Military History 📖 Narrative History

To End All Wars 86%

A general led Britain's army. His sister led its pacifists. The Great War as family feud.

by Adam Hochschild 2011

4.14

9k+ ratings

🪖 World War One 🎖️ Military History 📖 Narrative History

Adolf Hitler

by Spike Milligan • 1971

Before the Nazis, his real enemy was British Army bureaucracy, and his weapon was a trumpet.

4.04

9k+

🪖 Wwii Memoirs 🇬🇧 British Comedy 😂 Military Humor

Adolf Hitler 86%

Before the Nazis, his real enemy was British Army bureaucracy, and his weapon was a trumpet.

by Spike Milligan 1971

4.04

9k+ ratings

🪖 Wwii Memoirs 🇬🇧 British Comedy 😂 Military Humor

The Bible and Moral Injury

by Brad E. Kelle • 2020

Two fields that never talk: the Bible and moral injury. Their first real conversation.

3.75

📖 Biblical Studies 💔 Moral Injury ⛪ Military Chaplaincy

The Bible and Moral Injury 86%

Two fields that never talk: the Bible and moral injury. Their first real conversation.

by Brad E. Kelle 2020

3.75

12 ratings

📖 Biblical Studies 💔 Moral Injury ⛪ Military Chaplaincy

The Heart and the Fist

by Eric Greitens • 2011

A humanitarian became a SEAL to gain what his goodwill lacked: the physical strength to act.

4.12

10k+

🌍 Humanitarian Memoir ⚓ Navy Seal Memoir 🎖️ Military Leadership

The Heart and the Fist 86%

A humanitarian became a SEAL to gain what his goodwill lacked: the physical strength to act.

by Eric Greitens 2011

4.12

10k+ ratings

🌍 Humanitarian Memoir ⚓ Navy Seal Memoir 🎖️ Military Leadership

Dorothy Day

by Robert Coles • 1987

She called her church a scandal and spent sixty years feeding the poor in its name.

4.15

338

✝️ Conversion Stories 🕊️ Christian Pacifism 🤲 Social Justice And Faith

Dorothy Day 86%

She called her church a scandal and spent sixty years feeding the poor in its name.

by Robert Coles 1987

4.15

338 ratings

✝️ Conversion Stories 🕊️ Christian Pacifism 🤲 Social Justice And Faith

Operation Hollywood

by David L. Robb • 2004

The military lent Hollywood its jets and ships, then demanded veto power over the script.

3.46

🚫 Military Censorship 📢 Propaganda Studies 🏛️ Pentagon Influence

Operation Hollywood 86%

The military lent Hollywood its jets and ships, then demanded veto power over the script.

by David L. Robb 2004

3.46

72 ratings

🚫 Military Censorship 📢 Propaganda Studies 🏛️ Pentagon Influence

Crucible of Terror

by Max Liebster • 2017

Five concentration camps, one stranger's faith, and a baptism in a former prime minister's bathtub.

4.90

🕯️ Holocaust Survival ✝️ Faith During Persecution 🌅 Spiritual Transformation

Crucible of Terror 86%

Five concentration camps, one stranger's faith, and a baptism in a former prime minister's bathtub.

by Max Liebster 2017

4.90

87 ratings

🕯️ Holocaust Survival ✝️ Faith During Persecution 🌅 Spiritual Transformation

Son of Hamas

by Mosab Hassan Yousef • 2011

He was supposed to inherit Hamas. Instead he joined Israeli intelligence.

4.24

19k+

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🕵️ Spy Memoirs ✝️ Faith Memoirs

Son of Hamas 86%

He was supposed to inherit Hamas. Instead he joined Israeli intelligence.

by Mosab Hassan Yousef 2011

4.24

19k+ ratings

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🕵️ Spy Memoirs ✝️ Faith Memoirs

From Dictatorship to Democracy

by Gene Sharp • 1993

Dictatorships collapse when people refuse to cooperate. The strategic manual that shows how.

3.83

2k+

🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance 🗳️ Democracy Movements 📊 Strategic Nonviolence

From Dictatorship to Democracy 86%

Dictatorships collapse when people refuse to cooperate. The strategic manual that shows how.

by Gene Sharp 1993

3.83

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance 🗳️ Democracy Movements 📊 Strategic Nonviolence

Crucible of Terror

by Max Liebster • 2003

He carried his father to the crematorium. Then the purple triangles taught him to forgive.

4.69

166

🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs 🇩🇪 Nazi Germany 🕊️ Spiritual Resistance

Crucible of Terror 86%

He carried his father to the crematorium. Then the purple triangles taught him to forgive.

by Max Liebster 2003

4.69

166 ratings

🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs 🇩🇪 Nazi Germany 🕊️ Spiritual Resistance

Regeneration

by Pat Barker • 1991

An officer's war protest is declared insanity. A psychiatrist must now return him to the front.

4.01

34k+

🕊️ World War I 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital 💥 Shell Shock

Regeneration 86%

An officer's war protest is declared insanity. A psychiatrist must now return him to the front.

by Pat Barker 1991

4.01

34k+ ratings

🕊️ World War I 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital 💥 Shell Shock

This Is an Uprising

by Mark Engler • 2016

Nonviolence is not a virtue. It is a technology of conflict, and it brings down regimes.

4.20

1k+

🕊️ Civil Resistance 📢 Social Movements 🧱 Movement Building

This Is an Uprising 86%

Nonviolence is not a virtue. It is a technology of conflict, and it brings down regimes.

by Mark Engler 2016

4.20

1k+ ratings

🕊️ Civil Resistance 📢 Social Movements 🧱 Movement Building

The Long Loneliness

by Dorothy Day • 1952

From bohemian journalist to Catholic radical: she fed the hungry while the church debated doctrine.

4.02

6k+

✝️ Radical Catholicism ✊ Faith And Activism 🏘️ Intentional Community

The Long Loneliness 86%

From bohemian journalist to Catholic radical: she fed the hungry while the church debated doctrine.

by Dorothy Day 1952

4.02

6k+ ratings

✝️ Radical Catholicism ✊ Faith And Activism 🏘️ Intentional Community

Peace Pilgrim

by Peace Pilgrim • 1983

She walked 25,000 miles for peace, carrying no money, one tunic, and a single prayer.

4.25

749

🕊️ Spiritual Memoir ✌️ Nonviolence 🌿 Simple Living

Peace Pilgrim 86%

She walked 25,000 miles for peace, carrying no money, one tunic, and a single prayer.

by Peace Pilgrim 1983

4.25

749 ratings

🕊️ Spiritual Memoir ✌️ Nonviolence 🌿 Simple Living

Weapons Free

by Daniel Gibbs • 2021

When unknown warships strike, an aging carrier crew must hold the line or lose humanity's homeworld.

4.14

1k+

✈️ Military Space Opera 🚀 Naval Combat In Space 🎖️ Reluctant Hero

Weapons Free 86%

When unknown warships strike, an aging carrier crew must hold the line or lose humanity's homeworld.

by Daniel Gibbs 2021

4.14

1k+ ratings

✈️ Military Space Opera 🚀 Naval Combat In Space 🎖️ Reluctant Hero

Thoughts of a Philosophical Fighter Pilot

by James B. Stockdale • 1995

A downed pilot applies Stoicism in a torture cell. The blueprint for surviving the unsurvivable.

4.11

644

🪖 War Memoirs ⛓️ Captivity Narratives 🏛️ Applied Stoicism

Thoughts of a Philosophical Fighter Pilot Summary

Thoughts of a Philosophical Fighter Pilot 86%

A downed pilot applies Stoicism in a torture cell. The blueprint for surviving the unsurvivable.

by James B. Stockdale 1995

4.11

644 ratings

🪖 War Memoirs ⛓️ Captivity Narratives 🏛️ Applied Stoicism

Brave Genius

by Sean B. Carroll • 2013

Forged in the Resistance, a philosopher and a biologist fought the Cold War with different weapons.

4.28

727

✊ French Resistance 🧠 Intellectual History 🧬 Molecular Biology

Brave Genius 86%

Forged in the Resistance, a philosopher and a biologist fought the Cold War with different weapons.

by Sean B. Carroll 2013

4.28

727 ratings

✊ French Resistance 🧠 Intellectual History 🧬 Molecular Biology

The Least of All Possible Evils

by Eyal Weizman • 2012

When humanitarian law calculates acceptable civilian deaths, it also makes them thinkable.

4.19

224

🩸 Aid And Complicity 🤷 Lesser Evil Logic 📊 Proportionality In War

The Least of All Possible Evils 86%

When humanitarian law calculates acceptable civilian deaths, it also makes them thinkable.

by Eyal Weizman 2012

4.19

224 ratings

🩸 Aid And Complicity 🤷 Lesser Evil Logic 📊 Proportionality In War

Saved

by Benjamin Hall • 2023

An explosion in Ukraine costs him legs and an eye. Recovery asks more than war.

4.56

5k+

📡 War Reporting 🏥 Medical Rehabilitation 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Saved 86%

An explosion in Ukraine costs him legs and an eye. Recovery asks more than war.

by Benjamin Hall 2023

4.56

5k+ ratings

📡 War Reporting 🏥 Medical Rehabilitation 🩹 Trauma Recovery

The Greatest

by Muhammad Ali • 1975

Banned for three years for refusing the draft, the heavyweight champion tells his own story.

4.26

2k+

🥊 Boxing History 🏅 Sports Autobiography ✊ Draft Resistance

The Greatest 86%

Banned for three years for refusing the draft, the heavyweight champion tells his own story.

by Muhammad Ali 1975

4.26

2k+ ratings

🥊 Boxing History 🏅 Sports Autobiography ✊ Draft Resistance

Letters

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. • 2012

The letters of a man who survived Dresden and spent twenty years failing to write about it.

4.09

2k+

📜 Literary Correspondence 🇺🇸 Postwar American Writers 🪖 World War Ii Memoir

Letters 86%

The letters of a man who survived Dresden and spent twenty years failing to write about it.

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 2012

4.09

2k+ ratings

📜 Literary Correspondence 🇺🇸 Postwar American Writers 🪖 World War Ii Memoir

Most Dangerous

by Steve Sheinkin • 2015

After helping plan the Vietnam War, he leaked 7,000 pages proving every president had lied.

4.20

6k+

🕵️ Whistleblowing 🔒 Government Secrecy 🇻🇳 Vietnam War

Most Dangerous 86%

After helping plan the Vietnam War, he leaked 7,000 pages proving every president had lied.

by Steve Sheinkin 2015

4.20

6k+ ratings

🕵️ Whistleblowing 🔒 Government Secrecy 🇻🇳 Vietnam War

Why Civil Resistance Works

by Erica Chenoweth • 2011

The most effective weapon against a dictator is not a gun: 200,000 people refusing to cooperate.

3.98

729

🏳️ Civil Resistance 🏛️ Regime Change 🗳️ Democratization

Why Civil Resistance Works 86%

The most effective weapon against a dictator is not a gun: 200,000 people refusing to cooperate.

by Erica Chenoweth 2011

3.98

729 ratings

🏳️ Civil Resistance 🏛️ Regime Change 🗳️ Democratization

Escape from Saddam

by Lewis Alsamari • 2007

He escaped the army, the wolves, and Saddam's Iraq. Then his family was arrested for it.

4.05

270

🏴 Life Under Dictatorship 🧳 Refugee Memoirs 🛂 Illegal Immigration

Escape from Saddam 86%

He escaped the army, the wolves, and Saddam's Iraq. Then his family was arrested for it.

by Lewis Alsamari 2007

4.05

270 ratings

🏴 Life Under Dictatorship 🧳 Refugee Memoirs 🛂 Illegal Immigration

My Men Are My Heroes

by Brad Kasal • 2007

Grenade. He used his body as a shield. The photo went global. Recovery nearly broke him.

4.17

624

🔥 Combat Memoir 🦅 Marine Corps 🏜️ Iraq War

My Men Are My Heroes 86%

Grenade. He used his body as a shield. The photo went global. Recovery nearly broke him.

by Brad Kasal 2007

4.17

624 ratings

🔥 Combat Memoir 🦅 Marine Corps 🏜️ Iraq War

The Hiding Place

by Corrie ten Boom • 1971

A Dutch watchmaker hides Jews, survives a concentration camp, and must forgive as her sister asked.

4.48

363k+

🪖 Wwii Resistance 🕊️ Holocaust Survival 👯‍♀️ Sisterly Bond

The Hiding Place 86%

A Dutch watchmaker hides Jews, survives a concentration camp, and must forgive as her sister asked.

by Corrie ten Boom 1971

4.48

363k+ ratings

🪖 Wwii Resistance 🕊️ Holocaust Survival 👯‍♀️ Sisterly Bond

On Tyranny

by Timothy Snyder • 2017

What ordinary citizens did wrong last century, and what you can do right this one.

4.29

112k+

🔗 Authoritarianism 🛡️ Democratic Defense ✊ Civil Resistance

On Tyranny 86%

What ordinary citizens did wrong last century, and what you can do right this one.

by Timothy Snyder 2017

4.29

112k+ ratings

🔗 Authoritarianism 🛡️ Democratic Defense ✊ Civil Resistance

AMERN WIFE

by Taya Kyle • 2015

The American Sniper's widow on grief, sudden fame, and the courtroom fight for his legacy.

4.27

5k+

🪖 Military Spouses 🕊️ Grief Memoir 📰 Public Widowhood

AMERN WIFE 86%

The American Sniper's widow on grief, sudden fame, and the courtroom fight for his legacy.

by Taya Kyle 2015

4.27

5k+ ratings

🪖 Military Spouses 🕊️ Grief Memoir 📰 Public Widowhood

Contemporary Conflict Resolution

by Oliver Ramsbotham • 2005

The Cold War ended. Wars moved inside states. Conflict resolution rebuilt itself for what came next.

3.73

180

🕊️ Conflict Resolution 📚 Peace And Conflict Studies 🌍 Intrastate Conflict

Contemporary Conflict Resolution Summary

Contemporary Conflict Resolution 86%

The Cold War ended. Wars moved inside states. Conflict resolution rebuilt itself for what came next.

by Oliver Ramsbotham 2005

3.73

180 ratings

🕊️ Conflict Resolution 📚 Peace And Conflict Studies 🌍 Intrastate Conflict

Metaphysics of War

by Julius Evola • 1996

The sacred dimension of war: what warriors from Rome to the Gita grasped, and modernity lost.

4.03

876

🏛️ Traditionalism ⚔️ Philosophy Of War 🗡️ Warrior Spirituality

Metaphysics of War 86%

The sacred dimension of war: what warriors from Rome to the Gita grasped, and modernity lost.

by Julius Evola 1996

4.03

876 ratings

🏛️ Traditionalism ⚔️ Philosophy Of War 🗡️ Warrior Spirituality

Why We Can't Wait

by Martin Luther King Jr. • 1964

From Birmingham to Washington: how nonviolence won, and why the next battle is economic.

4.55

9k+

✊ Civil Rights Movement ☮️ Nonviolent Resistance 💰 Economic Justice

Why We Can't Wait 86%

From Birmingham to Washington: how nonviolence won, and why the next battle is economic.

by Martin Luther King Jr. 1964

4.55

9k+ ratings

✊ Civil Rights Movement ☮️ Nonviolent Resistance 💰 Economic Justice

The Bomber Mafia

by Malcolm Gladwell • 2021

They believed a bombsight could make war humane. The jet stream laughed, and Tokyo burned.

4.02

65k+

🎯 Strategic Bombing ✈️ Air Warfare ⚙️ Technological Hubris

The Bomber Mafia 86%

They believed a bombsight could make war humane. The jet stream laughed, and Tokyo burned.

by Malcolm Gladwell 2021

4.02

65k+ ratings

🎯 Strategic Bombing ✈️ Air Warfare ⚙️ Technological Hubris

Once an Eagle

by Anton Myrer • 1968

A Nebraska farm boy rises to Army command, but his deadliest enemy wears the same uniform.

4.40

8k+

🎖️ Military Epic ⚔️ Rival Officers ⚖️ Military Ethics

Once an Eagle 86%

A Nebraska farm boy rises to Army command, but his deadliest enemy wears the same uniform.

by Anton Myrer 1968

4.40

8k+ ratings

🎖️ Military Epic ⚔️ Rival Officers ⚖️ Military Ethics

The Forgotten Highlander

by Alistair Urquhart • 2010

Death Railway, hellship, Nagasaki. A Scottish soldier breaks his silence to demand Japan atone.

4.54

6k+

🏯 Japanese Pow Camps 🌊 Pacific War Theatre ⛏️ Forced Labor

The Forgotten Highlander 86%

Death Railway, hellship, Nagasaki. A Scottish soldier breaks his silence to demand Japan atone.

by Alistair Urquhart 2010

4.54

6k+ ratings

🏯 Japanese Pow Camps 🌊 Pacific War Theatre ⛏️ Forced Labor

Down with the System

by Serj Tankian • 2024

System of a Down's frontman on metal, meditation, and a family history the world still denies.

4.42

7k+

🎵 Music Memoirs ✊ Artist Activism 🕊️ Genocide Recognition

Down with the System 86%

System of a Down's frontman on metal, meditation, and a family history the world still denies.

by Serj Tankian 2024

4.42

7k+ ratings

🎵 Music Memoirs ✊ Artist Activism 🕊️ Genocide Recognition

The Drone Eats with Me

by Atef Abu Saif • 2015

War from the kitchen table: Gazan father's diary of feeding his family while the bombs fall.

4.40

452

🕊️ Palestinian Memoir 📓 War Diaries ⛓️ Occupation Literature

The Drone Eats with Me 86%

War from the kitchen table: Gazan father's diary of feeding his family while the bombs fall.

by Atef Abu Saif 2015

4.40

452 ratings

🕊️ Palestinian Memoir 📓 War Diaries ⛓️ Occupation Literature

The Greatest Generation Speaks

by Tom Brokaw • 1998

World War II veterans stayed silent for decades. Their letters reveal what they could not say.

4.10

2k+

🎙️ Oral History 🏭 American Home Front ✉️ Wartime Letters

The Greatest Generation Speaks 86%

World War II veterans stayed silent for decades. Their letters reveal what they could not say.

by Tom Brokaw 1998

4.10

2k+ ratings

🎙️ Oral History 🏭 American Home Front ✉️ Wartime Letters

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