Here, 20 American Vietnam War draft resisters, deserters, and conscientious objectors tell us what Canada means to them. Their harrowing stories recount the challenges and rewards of adapting to a new land, where, after more than twenty years, they have all contributed to Canadian culture and society."The most valuable contribution.remains the insights of its twenty subjects into their individual decisions to choose exile over fighting in a war they judged to be wrong or immoral - Globe and Mail.