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Varieties of Pacifism : a Survey from Antiquity to the Outset of the Twentieth Century by Brock, Peter, 1920-2006, Brock, Peter, 1920-2006. Pacifism to 1914 is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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vi, 111 pages ; 23 cm, \"The authors have designed Pacifism in the Twentieth Century as a survey for the college student and adult reader. The book is centered on an analysis of the various movements advocating personal nonparticipation in war of any kind with an endeavor to find nonviolent means of resolving conflict. Pacifist ideals, whether derived from religious or humanist motives, range from strict vegetarianism to forms of war resistance, which do not all involve a ban on taking human life under any circumstances.\"--Jacket, Revised edition of: Pacifism to 1914 : an overview. 1994, Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-107) and index, Prehistory of pacifism -- From early Christian antimilitarism to medieval sectarian pacifism -- Anabaptist nonresistance -- Mennonites in Europe and military obligation under the Ancien Régime -- Quaker peace testimony : from George Fox to John Woolman -- Pacifists during the age of the democratic revolution -- British pacifism : from the close of the Napoleonic Wars to the aftermath of the Crimean War -- Pacifist impulse in antebellum America -- Conscientious objectors in Civil War America -- Varieties of pacifism in an age of Realpol

Author

Brock, Peter, 1920-2006, Brock, Peter, 1920-2006. Pacifism to 1914

Publisher

[Toronto?] : [P. Brock?] ; Syracuse, N.Y. : Distributed by Syracuse University Press

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780815681243

Subjects

History, Sociology, Science