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Telling Tales About Men: Conceptions of Conscientious Objectors to Military Service During the First World War

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Telling Tales About Men: Conceptions of Conscientious Objectors to Military Service During the First World War
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Lois S. Bibbings
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:240
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
Category/GenreFirst world war
ISBN/Barcode 9780719069239
ClassificationsDewey:940.3162
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Further/Higher Education
Illustrations Illustrations, black & white

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 30 November 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

*Telling tales about men* explores some of the ways in which conscientious objectors to compulsory military service were viewed and treated in England during the First World War. In doing so it considers these men's experiences, their beliefs, perceptions and actions. This volume will be essential reading for scholars in the fields of the First World War, pacifism, militarism and gender. It is also aimed at those with a general interest in the Great War and the military as well as in peace movements and pacifism. -- .

Author Biography

Lois Bibbings is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Law and an Honorary Research Fellow in the Centre for Ethics and Medicine at the University of Bristol

Reviews

'Imagine Christ dressed in khaki, thrusting his bayonet into another man. This was what some conscientious objectors to the war of 1914-18 urged their co-patriots to do. In telling the intriguing stories of these men, Lois Bibbings brilliantly exposes the contradictions of manliness in wartime.' Professor Joanna Bourke, Birkbeck College