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

ISBN-13: 9781138165700 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 300 str.

April Carter

Opis

There is a long tradition of opposition to war and organized peace campaigns date from 1815. Since 1945, however, modern weapons technology has threatened world wide destruction and has stimulated widespread protests. This book sketches in the background of thinking about peace and resistance to war before 1945, and then examines how public opposition to nuclear weapons and testing grew in the 1950s and early 1960s. Later chapters cover the major ressurgence of nuclear disarmament campaigns in the 1980s. The book also looks at how peace protest has spread from its origins in North America and North West Europe to embrace many parts of the world.

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