Desertion
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Desertion is the abandonment of a military duty or post without permission and is done with the intention of not returning. This contrasts with unauthorized absence or absence without leave, which are
The Defector, by Octav Băncilă, 1906
Deserteur (Дезертир), by Ilya Repin, 1917
Armenian soldiers in 1919, with deserters as prisoners
A 1918 cartoon by Cecil Hartt making light of the high incidence of soldiers going absent without leave in the Australian Imperial Force
Vietnam War resisters in Canada were Americans who did not wish to serve in the Vietnam War by seeking political asylum in Canada between 1965 and 1975. They were typically college-educated and middle
Street door to the office of the Student Union for Peace Action's Anti-Draft Programme, on busy Spadina Avenue in Toronto, August 1967.
Michael Hendricks (right) is an American draft evader who became a prominent gay rights activist in Canada.