Reconsidering peace and patriotism during the First World War

This volume provides a unique view of the movement for peace during the First WorldWar, with authors from across Europe and the United States, each providing a distinctivecultural analysis of peace movements during the Great War. As Europe began its descentinto the madness that became the First World War, people in every nation worked tomaintain peace. Once the armies began to march across borders, activists and politiciansalike worked to bring an end to the hostilities. This volume explores what peace meant tothe different people, societies, nationalities, and governments involved in the First WorldWar. It offers a wide variety of observations, including Italian socialists and their fight forpeace, women in Britain pushing for peace, and French soldiers refusing to fight in an effortto bring about peace.