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Conscience, government and war

01 January 1991

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Conscience, government and war
1939-1945
libdoc March=1992

:conscientious objection in Britain
Author: Barker, Rachel
Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1982, pp.174, Appendices,
Bibliography,
Index

Keywords: Military, Civil liberties, Pacifism

1. Prospects of war: Inter-war pacifism and the introduction of
conscription
2. The tribunals: their procedures and decisions
3. Tribunals in action: their work and an assessment of it
4. Objectors in civilian life: the unconditionally and
conditionally
exempted objectors
5. Public employers and their attitude to the employment of
conscientious objectors
6. Conscientious objectors in the armed forces and in prison
7. The Peace Pledge Union and the central board for conscientious
objectors

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