The New Conscientious Objection
From Sacred to Secular Resistance
Although conscientious objection is a long-standing phenomenon, it has only recently become a major factor affecting armed forces and society. The only comprehensive, comparative scholarly study of conscientious objection to military service, this book examines the history of the practice in the Western world and state policies that have grown up in response to it. It shows how the contemporary refusal to bear arms is likely to be secular and widespread rather than religious and marginal, now including service people (as seen in the 1991 War in the Persian Gulf) as well as conscription resisters. No account of civil-military relations or peac…
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Weitere Autoren: Chambers, John Whiteclay Ii (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-19-535993-0
- EAN: 9780195359930
- Produktnummer: 13874653
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1993
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 19'951 KB
- Abbildungen: 3 line illus.
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