1st Edition
Conscience, Government and War Conscientious Objection in Great Britain 1939–45
By Rachel Barker
Copyright 1982
186 Pages
by
Routledge
186 Pages
by
Routledge
186 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book, first published in 1982, is a systematic and detached analysis of the 60,000 British conscientious objectors in the Second World War, forming an examination of the relationship between the individual and the State in time of war. It sets out to show how the British Government dealt with the challenge that conscientious objectors posed and how far it was able to correct the abuses and... Read more
1. Prospects of War: Inter-War Pacifism and the Introduction of Conscription 2. The Tribunals: Their Procedures and Decisions 3. Tribunals in Action: Their Work and an Assessment of It 4. Objectors in Civilian Life: the Unconditionally and Conditionally Exempted Objectors 5. Public Employers and Their Attitude to the Employment of Conscientious Objectors 6. Conscientious Objectors in the Armed Forces and In Prison 7. The Peace Pledge Union and the Central Board for Conscientious Objectors
Biography
Rachel Barker
