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