Marking the centenary of the ending of the First World War this ground-breaking and richly illustrated book explores the ways artists who were conscientious objectors and pacifists responded to conflicts, and provides new insights into their varied work, motivations and treatment. The focus is on British artists during two World Wars through to the work in the 1960s of Scottish-Irish artist William Crozier who was greatly impacted by both wars and in particular seeing films of the liberation of the prison camps in 1945. Features work by, and discussion on, amongst other, Mark Gertler, members of the Bloomsbury Group, Percy Horton, Sven Berlin, Kenneth Rowntreee and John Tunnard.