Battles of conscience : British pacifists and the Second World War
Kelly, Tobias2022
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Total copies: 2
Accounts of the Second World War usually involve tales of bravery in battle, or stoicism on the home front, as the British public stood together against the Nazi threat. However, the war looks very different when seen through the eyes of the 60,000 conscientious objectors who refused to take up arms and whose stories, unlike those of the First World War, have been almost entirely forgotten. Tobias Kelly invites us to spend the war with five of these individuals.
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Imprint:
London : Chatto & Windus, 2022.
Collation:
352 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781784743949 (hbk)1784743941 (hbk)9781473581838 (ePub ebook)
Dewey class:
940.5316 KEL940.5316
LC class:
D810.C82
Language:
English
Subject:
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- Great BritainPacifists -- Great BritainWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- Great Britain -- Case studiesWarfare and DefenceWarfare and DefenceUnited Kingdom, Great BritainTrue stories: discovery / historical / scientificTrue war & combat storiesPeace studies & conflict resolutionEuropean history
BRN:
389081