Telling Tales About Men

*Telling tales about men* explores some of the ways in which conscientious objectors to compulsory military service were viewed and treated in England during the First World War. In doing so it considers these men's experiences, their beliefs, perceptions and actions. Each of the six main chapters explores a different collection of ideas about objectors. Thus, they are, for example, portrayed as cowards, heroes, traitors, patriots, criminals, deviants, degenerates and upstanding, intensely moral men. Here the tales told draw upon sources ranging from diaries, government papers, tribunal records, newspapers, magazines and novels and are informed by writings from fields including literary studies, criminology, sociology and law as well as various branches of historical studies. *Telling tales about men* is essential reading for scholars in the fields of the First World War, pacifism, militarism and gender. It is also aimed at those with a general interest in the Great War and the military as well as in peace movements and pacifism.

ISBN 071906922X   Pages 240 ISBN13 9780719069222 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 454 Publisher Manchester University Press   Published in Manchester Imprint Manchester University Press   Height (mm) 216 Format Hardback   Width (mm) 138 Publication date 09 Nov 2009   Spine width (mm) 28 DEWEY 940.3162   Academic level Tertiary education, Further/Higher education DEWEY edition DC22

		List of illustrations
Pt. I		About Telling Tales
Introduction		Telling tales and constructing conscientious objectors		3
Pt. II		Telling tales about objectors
		Prologue: a conscientious tale - a brief linear history of conscientious objectors to military service 1914-1918		27
1		'Despised and rejected'		50
2		Of cowards, shirkers and 'unmen'		89
3		Deviance: degeneracy, decadence and criminality		111
4		The 'national danger'		141
5		Conscientious objectors		165
6		Patriots and heroes		195
Pt. III		More about Telling Tales
		Conclusion: of tales and constructions		233
		Epilogue: on origins and autobiography		236
		Select bibliography		242
		Index		253

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