Antimilitarism

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23. Antimilitarism (See also Peace, Peacemaking.)

  1. All Quiet on the Western Front unromanticized novel of WWI and its unsung heroes. [Ger. Lit.: All Quiet on the Western Front ]
  2. Arjuna called upon by duty to be a warrior, he refuses to join the fratricidal battle. [Hindu Lit.: The Bhagavad-Gita in Benét, 103]
  3. Arms and the Man satirizes romantic view of war. [Br. Lit.: Arms and the Man ]
  4. Farewell to Arms, A novel of lovers who flee from wars horrors. [Am. Lit.: A Farewell to Arms ]
  5. Quakers known for service to peace. [Am. Hist.: EB, 7: 743745]
  6. Sherston, George refuses to continue taking part in a war being wrongfully prolonged. [Br. Lit.: Memoirs of an Infantry Officer in Magill I, 579]
  7. Undershaft, Barbara fights her fathers involvement in munitions manufacture. [Br. Drama: Shaw Mayor Barbara in Magill III, 617]

Antimilitarism

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Antimilitarism. See Militarism and Antimilitarism.

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