Wilz, Patrick G.2010-05-072010-05-072010-04-22https://hdl.handle.net/11299/61914Additional contributors: Elizabeth Klages (Institute for Global Studies); Carol Leonard (St. Antony's College at Oxford); Theofanis G. Stavrou (faculty mentor)What I hope to achieve in the following analysis is a cogent illustration of the peace debate throughout the University of Oxford in the 1930s. The expressions of animosity and ideological dissension in local papers acknowledged the period’s many concerns, namely the possibility of a second world war and the hardship of economic downturn, but also prescribed what was by many thought its only cure—pacifism. The following analysis will, if at all successful, address these issues while also producing a faithful likeness of Oxford in the twentieth century.en-USCollege of Liberal ArtsDepartment of HistoryInstitute for Global StudiesScholarly Text or Essay