A Question of Conscience
Conscientious Objection in the Two World Wars
Will be published approx. on 1. February 2007
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-7509-0740-8 (ISBN)
Description
During the First and Second World Wars thousands of men and women refused the call to arms. Reviled, starved, beaten and even killed, theirs was a battle of conscience. This is a collection of their stories from all walks of life.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
Publishing group
The History Press Ltd
Illustrations
70 b&w illustrations, index
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 172 mm
Weight
658 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7509-0740-8 (9780750907408)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Individualists to the core; conscription; the "Frenchmen"; prison; the home office scheme; those at home; Friends ambulance unit; aftermath; the interwar years; war clouds; a new generation; women; non-combatant corps; bomb disposal; on the land; in the hands of the army; the absolutists; service in the Blitz; Friends; a change of heart; hindsight.