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Opposition to the Second World War : conscience, resistance and service in Britain, 1933-45 / John Broom.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Broom, John, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
World War, 1939-1945--Protest movements.
World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Protest movements--Great Britain.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 212 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Yorkshire ; Philadelphia : Pen & Sword Military, an imprint of Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2018.
Summary:
As Europe lurched towards war during the 1930s, many people in Britain, with the memories of the horrors of the First World War painfully fresh, set out to build groups opposed to the idea of a future war.
Contents:
Cover
Book Title
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgements
Glossary
Introduction
Chapter 1 The International Situation
Chapter 2 The League of Nations Union
Chapter 3 Pacifist Organisations - the No More War Movement and the Peace Pledge Union
Chapter 4 Pacifism and Politics
Chapter 5 Pacifism and Religion
Plate section
Chapter 6 Refusing to Serve - Conscientious Objection
Chapter 7 Humanitarian Work
Chapter 8 Human Guinea Pigs
Chapter 9 Female Conscientious Objectors
Chapter 10 The Campaign against the Prosecution of War
Chapter 11 The Post-War World
Conclusion
Select Bibliography
Index
Back Cover.
Notes:
Description based on print version record.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
1-5267-1667-4
1-5267-1666-6
1-5267-1665-8
OCLC:
1099951812

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