People Power

Fighting for Peace from the First World War to the Present

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A fascinating look at the anti-war movement in the UK over the past century, published to accompany a major exhibition at the Imperial War Museum, London, from 23 March to 28 August 2017.

iPeople Poweri charts the history of the antiwar movement in the UK from the outbreak of the First World War to presentday conflicts in the Middle East and tells the story of conscientious objectors and others who have been engaged in protest over the past century brbrDrawing on testimonies from the Imperial War Museums vast collection and its rich archive of visual material including photographs paintings posters cartoons and badges the book explores the wideranging reasons for opposing war and examines the changes and continuity in the movement as the nature of conflict has evolved from trench warfare to nuclear weapons The role of key organizations and groups within the movement is examined such as the Peace Pledge Union in the 1930s and the Greenham Common Womens Peace Camp in the 1980s as well as that of highprofile individual campaigners including Fenner Brockway and Tony Benn
Extent: 256 pp
Format: PLC (no jacket)
Publication date: 2017-03-23
Size: 23.0 x 17.0 cm
ISBN: 9780500519158
1. First World War: The Foundation is Laid • 2. The Interwar Years: Development of the Peace Movement, 1919–1939 • 3. Second World War: Against Total War, 1939–1945 4. Cold War (1): Against Nuclear Weapons; Cold War (2): Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp • 5. The Modern Era: post 1990
About the Author

Lyn Smith is the author of Pacifists in Action, Forgotten Voices of the Holocaust, Voices Against War and the bestselling Young Voices. She has lectured in International Relations and Human Rights at British and American Universities, and has worked has a freelance interviewer for the Imperial War Museum.

Sheila Hancock is a distinguished actor, author and Quaker.

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