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published: May 2009
ISBN:9780774858540
publisher: UBC Press

Crisis of Conscience

Conscientious Objection in Canada during the First World War

by Amy J. Shaw

tagged: canada, world war i
Description

The First World War’s appalling death toll and the need for a sense of equality of sacrifice on the home front led to Canada’s first experience of overseas conscription. While historians have focused on resistance to enforced military service in Quebec, this has obscured the important role of those who saw military service as incompatible with their religious or ethical beliefs. Crisis of Conscience is the first and only book about the Canadian pacifists who refused to fight in the Great War. The experience of these conscientious objectors offers insight into evolving attitudes about the rights and responsibilities of citizenship during a key period of Canadian nation building.

About the Author

Amy J. Shaw

Contributor Notes

Amy J. Shaw is an assistant professor in the Department of History at the University of Lethbridge.

Editorial Review

Shaw's mammoth research has produced a well-written study that looks at the conscientious objectors (COs) created by Canada's Military Service Act of 1917. Summing Up: Recommended.

— CHOICE, December 2009 Vol. 47 No. 04

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