Pacifism in Britain, 1914-1945: The Defining of a Faith - Rilegato

Ceadel, Martin

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0198218826 ISBN 13: 9780198218821

Casa editrice: Clarendon Pr, 1980

Riassunto

This book has two aims: to tell for the first time the story of the most significant pacifist movement of modern times - that of Britain in the era of the two World Wars - and, in doing so, to develop a means of analysis that can be applied to pacifist movements in other countries and at other times. Its theme is that, whereas the First World War encouraged British pacifists to believe that their rejection of all war was justified in political terms, the approach of the Second forced them increasingly to realise that it was an absolutist faith which did not stand or fall by its practical consequences. Based on the archives, private papers and propaganda of the peace movements, and on interviews with leading survivors, this book traces the history of such societies as the No More War Movement and Dick Sheppard's Peace Pledge Union, analyses the problems faced by socialists, Christians, and those simply concerned to prevent a babarous air war for humanitarian reasons, in reconciling their views with strict pacifism, and examines the conscientious objection movement in both wars. A clear pattern is given to these historical development by means of an original typology.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Clarendon Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1980
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0198218826
• ISBN 13: 9780198218821
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 352
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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