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Conscience and Politics

01 January 1991

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Conscience and Politics
libdoc March=1992

:The British government and the conscientious objector
to military service 1916-1919
Author: Rae, John
Publisher: Oxford 1970, pp.280,
Appendices, Sources, Index

Keywords: Military Conscientious Objection

Contents:-

1. The drift into conscription
2. The drafting of the Military Service Bill
3. The Military Service Bill in parliament
4. The change to conscription
5. The conscientious objectors
6. The tribunals at work
7. Obstinate mules and rampant griffins
8. The Home Office scheme
9. Conscientious objectors who accepted the tribunal's decision
10. The absolutists
11. Aftermath

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