Field Punishment No.1 - New Zealand's Anti-Militarist Tradition by David Grant

This is a second-hand copy of the book Field Punishment No.1 - Archibald Baxter, Mark Briggs & New Zealand's Anti-Militarist Tradition by David Grant.

Condition: This is a used book in very good condition.

Publisher: Steele Roberts Publishers
Year: 2008
ISBN: 9781877448461
Format: Softback
Pages: 159
Condition: Used (Very Good)

One of New Zealand's most extraordinary stories describes the courage of the conscientious objectors sent overseas during World War I, in a brutal attempt to force them to renounce their convictions and join the war effort. Despite torture and privation, Archie Baxter and Mark Briggs held out till the end, in one of the bravest displays of principle New Zealand has ever seen. They were this country's first successful dissenters, in defiance of a militaristic, neo-colonial government that feared non-conformity.