1st Edition
Peace Movements: International Protest and World Politics Since 1945
By April Carter
Copyright 1992
300 Pages
by
Routledge
300 Pages
by
Routledge
300 Pages
by
Routledge
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There is a long tradition of opposition to war and organized peace campaigns date from 1815. Since 1945, however, modern weapons technology has threatened world wide destruction and has stimulated widespread protests. This book sketches in the background of thinking about peace and resistance to war before 1945, and then examines how public opposition to nuclear weapons and testing grew in the... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 Defining Peace Movements and their Beliefs; Chapter 2 The Global Context of Peace Activity since 1945; Chapter 3 The First Nuclear Disarmament Movement: 1957–64; Chapter 4 The Movement against the Vietnam War and its Impact; Chapter 5 Nuclear Disarmament: the Second Wave in Europe, 1979–87; Chapter 6 Nuclear Disarmament Campaigns in North America and the Pacific in the 1980s; Chapter 7 Peace Protest in Socialist States; Chapter 8 Pacifism, War Resistance and Reconciliation; conclu Conclusion: Assessing Peace Movements; biblio Biblographical Essay;
Biography
April Carter
