The New Conscientious Objection: From Sacred to Secular Resistance (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780195079555)

Although conscientious objection is a long-standing phenomenon, it has only recently become a major factor affecting armed forces and society. The only comprehensive, comparative scholarly study of conscientious objection to military service, this book examines the history of the practice in the Western world and state policies that have grown up in response to it. It shows how the contemporary refusal to bear arms is likely to be secular and widespread rather than religious and marginal, now including service people (as seen in the 1991 War in the Persian Gulf) as well as conscription resisters. No account of civil-military relations or peace movements in advanced industrial countries is complete without reference to conscientious objection, and this book will be the standard text on the subject.

Author: Charles C. Moskos
ISBN-10: 0195079558
ISBN-13: 9780195079555
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 04/08/1993
Pages: 296
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 9.24h x 6.15w x 0.81d