PEACEST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Canadian Peace Congress, Peace Movement, Thermonuclear Weapon
18 Apr 2017
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No single peace movement in the early part of the cold war. Opposition to nuclear weapons is particularly important. Peace movements respond to previous war: ww2 largely seen as a just war so fewer people call for full disarmament. Some people fear communists in the us and canada fomenting revolution- 5th column. Some peace movements were against using a specific weapon (i. e. , nuclear weapons) Some peace movements can be against a particular conflict (i. e. , first world war) James endicott is the leading peace figure in canada. Founds cpc in 1948, gets 300,000 people to sign a petition calling for the banning of the atomic bomb. Endicott and his group attacked for being communists, lose support when they side with the north in the korean war people will not accept that this is correct. Us defence spending stretched because of korean war, see relying more on nuclear weapons as a good idea.
