The Opposition to the Great War in Wales 1914-1918

Aled Eirug

Description

This study is the first thorough analysis of the extent of the opposition to the Great War in Wales, and is the most extensive study of the anti-war movement in any part of Britain. It is, therefore, a significant contribution to our understanding of people’s responses to the conflict, and the difficulty of mobilising the population for total war. The anti-war movement in Wales and beyond developed quickly from the initial shock of the declaration of war, to the civil disobedience of anti-war activists and the industrial discontent excited by the Russian Revolution and experienced in areas such as the south Wales coalfield in 1917. The differing responses to the war within Wales are explored in this book, which charts how the pacifist tradition of nineteenth-century Welsh Nonconformity was quickly overturned. The two main elements of the anti-war movement are analysed in depth: the pacifist religious opposition, the Fellowship of Reconciliation, and the Nonconformist dissidents who were particularly influential in north and west Wales; and the political opposition concentrated in the Independent Labour Party and among the radical left within the South Wales Miners’ Federation.

Series editors’ foreword
Acknowledgements
List of tables list of abbreviations
Introduction
1. Religious Opposition to the War in Wales
2. Political Opposition to the War in Wales – the Independent Labour Party, the Russian Revolution and the ‘Advanced Men’
3. The Organisation of Opposition – the National Council for Civil Liberties and the No-Conscription Fellowship
4. Conscientious Objectors in Wales
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Sujets

• Histoire
• Great Britain
• History
• Wales
• Europe

Informations

• Publié par: University of Wales Press
• Date de parution: 05 octobre 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781786833150
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 6 Mo

Extrait

T H E O P P O S I T I O N T O T H E G R E A T WA R I N WA L E S 1 9 1 4 – 1 9 1 8

A L E D E I R U G

STUDïES ïN WESH HïSTORY

Edîtors RAPH A. GRïFFïTHS CHRïS WïïAMS ERYN M. WHïTE

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THE OPPOSïTïON TO THE GREAT WAR ïN WAES, –

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THE OPPOSïTïON TO THE GREAT WAR ïN WAES, –

by AED EïRUG

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SERïES EDïTORS’ FOREWORD

Sîçé é ôûàîô ô é ŝéîéŝ î , é ŝû ô Wàéŝ’ŝ îŝô àŝ ààçé ôî àéîô àô îŝôîàŝ îéàîôà à çôîûéŝ ô éô à îôôûŝ ôûàî. Nô ô àé àôàçéŝ, ô àîîôà à é, ô é ŝû ô îŝô î ééà éî ŝûççéŝŝû àîé î à Wéŝ çôé, û Wàéŝ’ŝ îŝôîçà ééîéçé îŝ îçéàŝ- î àéçîàé  îéŝ ô Bîîŝ, Eûôéà à ô îŝô. Téŝé ààçéŝ àé éé éŝéçîà àé î é ûîéŝî îŝîûîôŝ î Wàéŝ îŝé. ï ôé ô àé ôé îé ààîàé é çôçûŝîôŝ ô ôîîà éŝéàç, ûç ô î ô îîé àççéŝŝîîî î ôŝ- àûàé îŝŝéàîôŝ à éŝéŝ, î  é Hîŝô à à Côîéé ô é Bôà ô Céîç Sûîéŝ îàûûàé îŝ ŝéîéŝ ô ôôàŝ,Studîes în Wesh Hîstory. ï àŝ àîç- îàé à à ô é ôûéŝ ôû ôîîàé î éŝéàç çôûçé î é Uîéŝî ô Wàéŝ ô ûé é àûŝîçéŝ ô é Bôà ô Céîç Sûîéŝ, à ŝô î ôé. Aôû é Bôà ô Céîç Sûîéŝ ô ôé éîŝŝ, é Uîéŝî ô Wàéŝ Péŝŝ çôîûéŝ ô ŝôŝô é ŝéîéŝ. ï ŝééŝ ô ûîŝ ŝîîIçà çôîûîôŝ àé  éŝéàçéŝ î Wàéŝ à éŝééé. ïŝ îà àî îŝ ô ŝéé îŝôîçà ŝçôàŝî à ô éçôûàé é ŝû ô Wéŝ îŝô.

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CONTENTS

series editors’ foreword acknowLedgements List of tabLes List of abbreviations introduction

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Réîîôûŝ Oôŝîîô ô é Wà î Wàéŝ

Pôîîçà Oôŝîîô ô é Wà î Wàéŝ – é ïééé àôû Pà, é Rûŝŝîà Réôûîô à é ‘Aàçé Mé’

 î î îîî 

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3 Té Oàîŝàîô ô Oôŝîîô – é Nàîôà Côûçî ô Cîî îéîéŝ à é Nô-Côŝçîîô Féôŝî 3  Côŝçîéîôûŝ Oéçôŝ î Wàéŝ  concLusion  bibLiography  index 

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Tîŝ ôô àŝ éé î éŝàîô ŝîçé  à àŝ éé îŝîé   àé, Déî Eîû Dàîéŝ, à çôŝçîéîôûŝ ôéçô î é Séçô Wô Wà, à  ààé Tô Eîû, à çôŝçîéîôûŝ ôéçô î é Fîŝ Wô Wà, ô ûôûàé ï éé é. ï àé ééôûŝ éŝéç à ôé ô ô é à é àé éé à  ŝîé ô îŝ ôûé ôàŝ ûîçàîô. M àçàéîç îééŝ î é Oôŝîîô ô é Géà Wà àŝ îŝîé  é ôûéŝŝ éûŝîàŝ à çéàŝééŝŝ îé- éçûà çûîôŝî ô  îŝô ûô î Aéŝ Uîéŝî, Déîà Hôî. Aôû à îé à à çàéé î ôûàîŝ îééé ô ôŝôé ô ô îŝ ôô ûî 00, ô î éàŝ,  îééŝ î Wéŝ îŝô àŝ ŝûŝàîé  àû, é Wéŝ éôé’ŝ îŝô ŝôçîé, é îŝîî éàé ô îŝ ôûéŝ, îçûî Déîà, é îéŝ’ éàé Dàî Fàçîŝ à îŝ ŝô Hé, îŝ ôàîŝé Sîà Wîîàŝ à é çôàéŝî ô îŝ ééŝ. ï àŝ àé à éà- àé çôîûîô ô ôîîçà à îŝôîçà ôû î Wàéŝ, à àŝ ôû îéŝ ô îéé àîîôŝ ôéé ô çéàé îŝô à îŝ ééà ô ûŝ à. Té é îîîûà ô àé îŝ ôô ôŝŝîé îŝ Pôéŝŝô Cîŝ Wîîàŝ ô Cô Uîéŝî,  ŝûéîŝô, ô ŝééé à îééîéçé, àéî àûé, ŝûé ôû é îàŝ à î àéŝ ô éŝéàç. D Màî Wî àŝ à îà ô ŝé ô àŝ çàî ô àû à àŝ  ŝéçô ŝûéîŝô, à Pôéŝŝô Bî Jôéŝ àŝ ŝàé îŝ îŝô ééôûŝ î é éààîô ô îŝ ôô. Nûéôûŝ àçîéŝ à îàîéŝ àé éé ûŝé ô îŝ ôô à ï îŝ ô éçô  àŝ ô é ŝà ô é ôôî îŝîûîôŝ î Wàéŝ: é Nàîôà îà ô Wàéŝ, Bàô Uîéŝî îà à Açîé, é Sôû Wàéŝ Mîéŝ’ îà à Açîé, é Wéŝ Gàôà Açîé î Sàŝéà, Càî Uîéŝî îà à Açîé, Mé