Peace and Antiwar Movements
Peace and Antiwar Movements.Members of peace and antiwar movements have commonly seen their cause as the antithesis of military force and war. In the context of evolving social values and institutions, however, military and nonviolent responses to conflict and insecurity may also be seen in a dialectical relationship with one another. Both approaches have changed markedly during the past two centuries. Taken together, military and nonviolent approaches to conflict are interrelated facets of societal and cultural change. Considered separately, organized peace efforts have affected military institutions, policies, and values by challenging specific conflicts and by advancing alternatives to war.
The legal terms of conscription, the mobilizing of human resources for military ends, changed because of the exigencies of modern warfare and also in response to civilian pressures, first from religious groups and...
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