{"product_id":"crisis-of-conscience-9780774815949","title":"Crisis of Conscience","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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. \u003cem\u003eCrisis of Conscience\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eShaw's mammoth research has produced a well-written study that looks at the conscientious objectors (COs) created by Canada's Military Service Act of 1917. Summing Up: Recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e -- J. L. Granatstein, Emeritus, Canadian War Museum * CHOICE, December 2009 Vol. 47 No. 04 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 The Responsibilities of Citizenship: Conscientious Objection and the Government\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Days of Anxiety: Conscientious Objection within the Historic Peace Churches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 An Insidious Enemy within the Gates: Objection among the Smaller Sects\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Exemption from Religion on Religious Grounds: Conscientious Objection outside Pacifist Denominations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Holier than Thou: Images of Conscientious Objectors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359156699479,"sku":"9780774815949","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774815949.jpg?v=1754123828","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/crisis-of-conscience-9780774815949","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}