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Blogs Liberty and Power "Conscience on the Battlefield"

Apr 19, 2004

"Conscience on the Battlefield"

by Liberty and Power

In response to the news that two American soldiers have fled to Canada because they oppose the war Iraq, Leonard Read's moving essay, "Conscience on the Battlefield," has been posted at the website of the Foundation for Economic Education. The essay was written in 1951 in response to the Korean War.