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No More Soldiering: Conscientious Objectors of the First World War
Stephen Wade
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Description for No More Soldiering: Conscientious Objectors of the First World War
Paperback. The stories of those who refused to fight in the First World War Num Pages: 264 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
The enduring legacy of those who said `No'. January 2016 marks the centenary of the Military Service Act, which brought in conscription after the large-scale loss of manpower in the major campaigns of the Western Front. The Act was to create a sustained and dramatic confrontation between the military establishment and the various groups of pacifists and conscientious objectors. Across the land, those who would not fight found themselves hauled before tribunals, standing before panels appointed to decide their fate - often prison or internment. No More Soldiering looks at the lives and experiences ... Read more
The enduring legacy of those who said `No'. January 2016 marks the centenary of the Military Service Act, which brought in conscription after the large-scale loss of manpower in the major campaigns of the Western Front. The Act was to create a sustained and dramatic confrontation between the military establishment and the various groups of pacifists and conscientious objectors. Across the land, those who would not fight found themselves hauled before tribunals, standing before panels appointed to decide their fate - often prison or internment. No More Soldiering looks at the lives and experiences ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445648941
SKU
V9781445648941
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Ref
99-63
About Stephen Wade
Stephen Wade was born in Leeds and educated at the universities of Wales and Leeds. He taught in further and higher education for many years, and this was followed by six years as a writer working in prisons. Her is a writer and historian having written over fifty books, mainly in non-fiction, and he also lectures part-time at the University ... Read more
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