The program ignored the plight of military deserters, who were generally less educated and usually came from less well-off backgrounds than draft resisters.
The communities ideological leader was Roland Perrot, a military deserter from the war in Algeria.
Boconnion, a military deserter wanted on charges of killing a man, and the tramp Tovey arrive.
His heterogeneous crew is drawn from "escaped convicts, military and naval deserters, and the scum of Europe."
The documents they left behind tell of an extensive intelligence network dedicated to hunting down military deserters and rooting out spies.
It was also a refuge for military deserters.
The novel is about a military deserter who is offered the chance to hide his identity by becoming the stuntman on a movie.
As President, he had signed death warrants for military deserters.
Crippled and unemployed war veterans and military deserters lived alongside destitute immigrants.
It was entitled "Instruction to Immigration Officers in Canada on processing cases involving military deserters."