'I Don't Believe in Murder': Standing Up for Peace in World War I Canterbury

by Margaret Lovell-Smith

More than 350 men were imprisoned in New Zealand during World War I for sedition or resisting military service. Among them were numerous Canterbury pacifists, motivated to resist the tide of militarism and imperialism that was sweeping the world. ' I Don't Believe in Murder' is an alternative history of the years before, during and after New Zealand's involvement in World War I. It depicts the strong response made by Canterbury's labour, socialist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1988503361
• ISBN13: 9781988503363
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Canterbury University Press
• Length: 336 Pages