PACIFISM AND THE MILITARY - A PERSPECTIVE

dc.creator	J.B. Bloom
dc.date	2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:08:41Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:08:41Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/13-3-547
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/a2df38d50fdb41a89c46b18a85c71576
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/8400
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/a2df38d50fdb41a89c46b18a85c71576
dc.description	Anti-war feeling is perhaps as old as warfare itself. There are, for example, ancient Chinese and Persian poems that are powerful expressions of pacifism. The pacifist phenomenon is thus nothing new, and it is indeed understandable that as a reaction against the undoubted horrors of war there should be some in every age who would be inclined to reject it entirely. Others would seek only that when war is waged it is justifiable and as limited in its ill-effects as possible. For still others, however, war and conquest is an end in itself, the glory and heroism of victory and battle holding out the promise of an inspiring vision. These three positions are, of course, overdrawn. Nevertheless, it is the tensions between these three types of perspective, including here the complexities of intermediate and overlapping positions, that determine the background and provide the dynamic for confrontation between pacifism and the military.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/547
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 13, Iss 3 (2012)
dc.subject	pacifist phenomenon
dc.subject	horrors of war
dc.subject	Elements of Twentieth-century Pacifism
dc.subject	Conscientious Objection to War
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
dc.subject	U
dc.subject	Military Science
dc.subject	U
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	PACIFISM AND THE MILITARY - A PERSPECTIVE
dc.type	Article