To End All Wars: The Story of Conscientious Objection during WWI

My work-in-progress is about war and peace.  It asks questions related to conscience and the causes we feel committed to.  So naturally I am intrigued to hear of Adam Hochschild's book, To End All Wars.  It deals with conscientious objectors in England during The Great War.

"This is a book to make one feel deeply and painfully, and also to think hard." (Christopher Hitchens, "NY Times Book Reviewer) 

I'm thrilled to see my local library has this volume.  But I have a feeling I'll end up paying its price in overdues so I may as well just go ahead and buy my own copy.

This quote from the book trailer pretty much sums up how I feel about history and why I write historical fiction:  "We need to look at history in terms of the things that they maybe didn't tell us in high school and college." 



Another quote from the author: "What could be more glorious and hopeful than the idea that this war was going to end all wars forever?"

If only...