Pacifism in Britain, 1914-1945
Author | : Martin Ceadel |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 1980 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015001568214 |
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Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book Pacifism in Britain, 1914-1945 written by Martin Ceadel and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1980 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.