People Power

iPeople Poweri charts the history of the antiwar movement in the UK from the outbreak of the First World War to presentday conflicts in the Middle East and tells the story of conscientious objectors and others who have been engaged in protest over the past century brbrDrawing on testimonies from the Imperial War Museums vast collection and its rich archive of visual material including photographs paintings posters cartoons and badges the book explores the wideranging reasons for opposing war and examines the changes and continuity in the movement as the nature of conflict has evolved from trench warfare to nuclear weapons The role of key organizations and groups within the movement is examined such as the Peace Pledge Union in the 1930s and the Greenham Common Womens Peace Camp in the 1980s as well as that of highprofile individual campaigners including Fenner Brockway and Tony Benn