The New Conscientious Objection : From Sacred to Secular Resistance

The New Conscientious Objection : From Sacred to Secular Resistance

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Book Description
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 peace movements in advanced industrial countries is complete without reference to conscientious objection, and this book will be the standard text on the subject.

The New Conscientious Objection: From Sacred to Secular Resistance ,Charles C. Moskos,John Whiteclay Chambers,Oxford University Press, USA,0195079558,Conscientious objection,Draft resisters,Environmental,Law,Military Science,Reference,Sociology,Sociology - General,Peace studies,Social Science / Sociology / General,Sociology | Social Issues & Welfare State,Warfare & Defence

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