Challenge to Mars : essays on pacifism from 1918 to 1945 / editors, Peter Brock, Thomas P. Socknat.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brock, Peter, 1920-2006, editor.

Socknat, Thomas Paul, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pacifism--History--20th century.

Pacifism.

Pacifists--History--20th century.

Pacifists.

Conscientious objectors--History--20th century.

Conscientious objectors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 474 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Emerging in 1918 from the devastation of World War I, the modern pacifist movement expanded rapidly and soon became organized on a transnational basis. These essays present aspects of the movement's development to the end of the Second World War." "The fourteen essays in Part I look at the interwar years, which gave rise to an array of pacifist organizations, both religious and humanist, throughout Europe and North America. Twelve essays in Part II deal with the brutal challenge to pacifist ideals posed by the Second World War and include a look at the fate of those courageous Germans who refused to fight for Hitler. The struggles of Christian pacifism in Japan and the satyagraha (non-violent soul force) of Gandhi in India are the focus of the two closing studies (Part III). These twenty-eight essays by scholars from eleven countries present an impressive overview of this remarkable movement, at the same time drawing out many little-known areas of pacifist activity."--Jacket

Contents:

Mennonites and military service in the Soviet Union to 1939 / Lawrence Klippenstein

Russian Baptists and the military question, 1918-1929 / Paul D. Steeves

Pacifism and conscientious objection in Finland, 1918-1945 / Thomas Hackman and Katja Huumo

In search of a 'lost' Belarusan pacifist leader / Peter Brock

War resisters in Weimar Germany / Guido Grünewald

The anarchopacifism of Bart de Ligt / Herman Noordegraaf

The conviction of things not seen: Christian pacifism in France, 1919-1945 / Peter Farrugia

Defending the rights of man: the Ligue des droits de l'homme and the problem of peace / Norman Ingram

A legitimate peace movement: the case of interwar Britain, 1918-1945 / Martin Ceadel

Women pacifists in interwar Britain / Josephine Eglin

The Peace Pledge Union: from peace to war, 1936-1945 / Andrew Rigby

J.S. Woodsworth and war / Kenneth McNaught

'Practical' and absolute pacifism in the early years of the U.S. Women's International League for Peace and Freedom / Anne Marie Pois

The fight against war of the historic peace churches, 1919-1941 / Donald F. Durnbaugh

Quakers in uniform: the Friends Ambulance Unit / Lyn Smith

Conscientious objection in Canada / Thomas P. Socknat

Pacifists as conscientious objectors in Australia / Peter Brock and Malcolm Saunders

Pacifism and conscientious objection in New Zealand / J.E. Cookson

Conscience and conscription in a free society: U.S. Civilian Public Service / Mitchell L. Robinson

Pacifist professional women on the job in the United States Rachel Waltner Goossen

Prison journey of an American war resister / Larry Gara

Conscientious objection and popular culture: the care of Lew Ayres / Jennifer Frost

Conscientious objectors in Nazi Germany / Peter Brock

Danish war resisters under Nazi occupation / Peter Kragh Hansen

Pacifists in Nazi-occupied Norway / Torleiv Austad

For church and peace: Dutch Christian pacifists under Nazi occupation / Henk van den Berg and Ton Coppes

Pacifism in Japan, 1918-1945 / Cyril H. Powles

Gandhi's Satyagraha and its roots in India's past / Antony Kozhuvanal.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-282-02872-3

9786612028724

1-4426-7279-X

OCLC:

944178377