Crisis of Conscience

Conscientious Objection in Canada During the First World War

AvAmy J. Shaw

Inbunden, Engelska, 2008

Del i serien Studies in Canadian Military History

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Beskrivning

The First World War's appalling death toll and the need for a sense of equality of sacrifice on the home front led to Canada's first experience of overseas conscription. While historians have focused on resistance to enforced military service in Quebec, this has obscured the important role of those who saw military service as incompatible with their religious or ethical beliefs. Crisis of Conscience is the first and only book about the Canadian pacifists who refused to fight in the Great War. The experience of these conscientious objectors offers insight into evolving attitudes about the rights and responsibilities of citizenship during a key period of Canadian nation building.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2008-12-01
Mått:152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt:520 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Studies in Canadian Military History
Antal sidor:264
Förlag:University of British Columbia Press
ISBN:9780774815932

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Amy J. Shaw is an assistant professor in the Department of History at the University of Lethbridge.

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Shaw's mammoth research has produced a well-written study that looks at the conscientious objectors (COs) created by Canada's Military Service Act of 1917. Summing Up: Recommended.- J. L. Granatstein, Emeritus, Canadian War Museum (CHOICE, December 2009 Vol. 47 No. 04)

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 The Responsibilities of Citizenship: Conscientious Objection and the Government2 Days of Anxiety: Conscientious Objection within the Historic Peace Churches3 An Insidious Enemy within the Gates: Objection among the Smaller Sects4 Exemption from Religion on Religious Grounds: Conscientious Objection outside Pacifist Denominations5 Holier than Thou: Images of Conscientious ObjectorsConclusionAppendixNotesBibliographyIndex