Crisis of Conscience: Conscientious Objection in Canada during the First World War (Studies in Canadian Military History) - Hardcover

Shaw, Amy J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0774815930 ISBN 13: 9780774815932

Publisher: UBC Press, 2008

Synopsis

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.

This book will appeal to readers interested in Canadian military and peace history. The book is also relevant to those concerned with questions of voluntarism and obligation in a democratic society, and issues of gender history and minority freedom and identity.

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About the Author

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

Edition details

• Publisher: UBC Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0774815930
• ISBN 13: 9780774815932
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240