Peace Movements: International Protest and World Politics Since 1945: International Protest and World Politics Since 1945

ISBN-13: 9780582027732 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 300 str.

April Carter

Opis

This text considers attitudes towards peace and resistance to war, from pre-1945 to 1990. It looks at the opposition to nuclear weapons and testing, the spread of the peace protest, opposition to all forms of militarism, protest against war in Vietnam and more recently the Gulf.

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter 1 Defining Peace Movements and their Beliefs; Chapter 2 The Global Context of Peace Activity since 1945; Chapter 3 The First Nuclear Disarmament Movement: 1957–64; Chapter 4 The Movement against the Vietnam War and its Impact; Chapter 5 Nuclear Disarmament: the Second Wave in Europe, 1979–87; Chapter 6 Nuclear Disarmament Campaigns in North America and the Pacific in the 1980s; Chapter 7 Peace Protest in Socialist States; Chapter 8 Pacifism, War Resistance and Reconciliation; conclu Conclusion: Assessing Peace Movements; biblio Biblographical Essay;

O autorze

April Carter