Three part series which traces the history of conscientious objection to war in the United States, from the early Quakers up through the Gulf War.|THE VIETNAM ERA / produced by Judith Ehrlich. SERIES: Against the tide : those who refuse to fight| no. 2 - Three part series which traces the history of conscientious objection to war in the United States, from the early Quakers up through the Gulf War. Participants includes Mohammed Ali, Dave Dellinger, William Sloan Coffin, Jeff Patterson, Eric Larson, Female C.O.'s of the Gulf War, David Harris, Joan Baez, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Lew Ayers. - CONTENT: Examines conscientious objectors and draft resistance which, for the first time, became mass resistance. - Funded by the California Council for the Humanities, the Chance Fund, the Pennsylvania Humanities Council, the Samuel Rubin and Agape Foundations, A.J. Muste Memorial Institute, and the Sidney Stern Trust. BROADCAST: Satellite, 12 May 1992.