Voices Against War : A Century of Protest

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9781845964566
• ISBN10: 184596456X
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2010-02-01
• Publisher: Mainstream

Summary

On February 15, 2003, in approximately 800 cities around the world, millions of people gathered to protest war in Iraq, a demonstration listed by the 2004Guinness Book of Recordsas the largest protest in human history. Since the outbreak of that conflict, the anti-war movement has broadened globally. Not all protesters would consider themselves pacifistsagainst all wars and violencebut whatever the basis of objection, their protest is part of one of the most enduring movements in history. Based on nearly 200 personal testimonies from the Imperial War Museum Collections, this landmark book tells the stories of those who participated in protest, stories that are essential for understanding war in its entirety. Interviewees include Brian Hawfamous for living in a peace camp in London's Parliament Square since 2001 in an anti-war protest, Bruce Kentvice president of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, and Tony Bennpresident of the Stop the War Coalition.

Author Biography

Lyn Smith is a university lecturer and oral history interviewer. She is the author of Forgotten Voices of the Holocaust, Pacifists in Action and the bestselllng Young Voices. Robert Fisk is an award-winning journalist and the author of The Great War for Civilisation and Pity the Nation.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 11
Introduction	p. 15
1914-18: First World War	p. 21
1919-39: Peace	p. 63
1939-45: Second World War (I)	p. 95
1939-45: Second World War (II): Conchies in Action	p. 139
1945-90: Cold War (I)	p. 173
1945-90: Cold War (II): Greenham Common	p. 211
1991-2009: The New World Order	p. 249
Reflections Across a Century of Protest	p. 293
Suggested Reading	p. 323
List of Contributors	p. 327
Index	p. 331
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