Pacifism in Britain can be traced back to the Quakers as early as 1661. It did not hit it’s peak however until the interwar period of 1918-1945. For the purposes of this research, pacifism will be defined as the “absolute renunciation of military force.” Pacifism was just one of many pro-peace groups active in Britain in the interwar period. Their belief was that war is never necessary or justified. Just as many other groups have …showed first 75 words of 2165 total…

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