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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. -- .

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‘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 -- .

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
List of illustrations
Introduction
Prologue
1. ‘Despised and Rejected’
2. Of cowards, shirkers and ‘unmen’
3. Deviance: degeneracy, decadence and criminality
4. The ‘national danger’
5. Conscientious objectors
6. Patriots and heroes
Conclusion
Epilogue
Select bibliography
Index

Telling tales about men

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 11/30/2011 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719069239, 978-0719069239
      ISBN10: 0719069238

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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. -- .

      Trade Review
      ‘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 -- .

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments
      List of illustrations
      Introduction
      Prologue
      1. ‘Despised and Rejected’
      2. Of cowards, shirkers and ‘unmen’
      3. Deviance: degeneracy, decadence and criminality
      4. The ‘national danger’
      5. Conscientious objectors
      6. Patriots and heroes
      Conclusion
      Epilogue
      Select bibliography
      Index

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