During this era what is the first step of the scientific process?

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Read Dissent: The History of an American Idea, by Ralph Young

What does Young say is “most astonishing” about the World War II antiwar movement?

What Young finds “most astonishing” is the great number of conscientious objectors, as even organizations that had anti-war positions in the past, such as the socialist, the communists, and the anarchists, were unanimously presenting their support for World War II as a fight against fascism.

Explanation:

Those who were against the war believed that governments had had chances to stop the violent conflict, but didn´t take them.