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`As the definitive treatment of its subject, no Quaker library of quality will be complete without this volume.' Brian D. Phillips, The Friend, April 2001 `this most illuminating study' Brian D. Phillips, The Friend, April 2001 `Ceadel's careful sifting of the various strands of religious, political, and humanitarian conviction and witness during the inter-war period makes for especially compelling reading. His assessments of the social and political impact of both organisations and individuals are precise and wholly convincing. There is much crucial insight here for contemporary peace activists.' Brian D. Phillips, The Friend, April 2001 `As the definitive treatment of its subject, no Quaker library of quality will be complete without this volume. Ceadel offers historians, students and activists a superbly organised comparative analysis of an extremely wide range of actors and initiatives from the mid-Victorian period to the close of the second world war.' Brian D. Phillips, The Friend, April 2001 ...makes a definitive contribution in the field of peace studies. English Historical Review The investigation is conducted with neurosurgical precision, and the result is a vastly learned and beautifully controlled survey. London Review of Books No recent British writer has done more than Martin Ceadel to clarify concepts and terminology in our thinking about peace and war...this book is not likely to be surpassed. War in History Because his book combines analytical clarity with an attention to minute detail, Martin Ceadel has become the re-eminent historian of British peace movements. Quaker History

[Ceadel] is the foremost historian of the peace movement in Britain today. The breadth of his scholarship is a joy; the bibliography is a remarkable resource. Anywone with an interest in the roots of the peace movement would be impressed by his research, especially into the 19th century Peace Society ... This is an invaluable reference book ... It is an outstanding work and one for which Ceadel should be commended. The Anglican Peacemaker Ceadel's terminological exactitude is just one more reason why nobody does it better. Semi-Detached is how it can and should be done in the field of peace studies. It is also about as good as the academy gets. Political Studies Martin Ceadel's status as the pre-eminent historiographer and student of peace politics is confirmed by this latest offering. Bringing together research and writing conducted over three decades, Semi-Detached considers the peace movement's 'age of maturity' (ie. Crimean War to World War Two) in a painstaking and graceful fashion. Ceadel appreciates detail like Sherlock Holmes. Political Studies Ceadel's solid no-nonsense recounting of peace movement activities in the years leading up to the Second World War provides a unique perspective on the familiar events of that grim decade ... Every student of the British peace movement and its ancillary groups and bodies of opinion must become familiar with this study. British Politics Group Newsletter Martin Ceadel's history of peace organizations in Britain from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century is the most complete that we have, or are likely to have for a long time. British Politics Group Newsletter Thorough and comprehensive ... cogently argued ... Ceadel's painstaking and meticulous archival research and his thorough grasp of the contemporary pamphlet literature enable him to delineate the various ideological strands within the peace movement. T. G. Otte, Times Literary Supplement Ceadel's careful sifting of the various strands of religious, political, and humanitarian conviction and witness during the inter-war period makes for especially compelling reading. His assessments of the social and political impact of both organisations and individuals are precise and wholly convincing. There is much crucial insight here for contemporary peace activists. The Friend

[Ceadel] is the foremost historian of the peace movement in Britain today. The breadth of his scholarship is a joy; the bibliography is a remarkable resource. Anywone with an interest in the roots of the peace movement would be impressed by his research, especially into the 19th century Peace Society ... This is an invaluable reference book ... It is an outstanding work and one for which Ceadel should be commended. The Anglican Peacemaker Ceadel's terminological exactitude is just one more reason why nobody does it better. Semi-Detached is how it can and should be done in the field of peace studies. It is also about as good as the academy gets. Political Studies Martin Ceadel's status as the pre-eminent historiographer and student of peace politics is confirmed by this latest offering. Bringing together research and writing conducted over three decades, Semi-Detached considers the peace movement's 'age of maturity' (ie. Crimean War to World War Two) in a painstaking and graceful fashion. Ceadel appreciates detail like Sherlock Holmes. Political Studies Ceadel's solid no-nonsense recounting of peace movement activities in the years leading up to the Second World War provides a unique perspective on the familiar events of that grim decade ... Every student of the British peace movement and its ancillary groups and bodies of opinion must become familiar with this study. British Politics Group Newsletter Martin Ceadel's history of peace organizations in Britain from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century is the most complete that we have, or are likely to have for a long time. British Politics Group Newsletter Thorough and comprehensive ... cogently argued ... Ceadel's painstaking and meticulous archival research and his thorough grasp of the contemporary pamphlet literature enable him to delineate the various ideological strands within the peace movement. T. G. Otte, Times Literary Supplement Ceadel's careful sifting of the various strands of religious, political, and humanitarian conviction and witness during the inter-war period makes for especially compelling reading. His assessments of the social and political impact of both organisations and individuals are precise and wholly convincing. There is much crucial insight here for contemporary peace activists. The Friend

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