Peace Shall Destroy Many

{{short description|1962 novel by Rudy Wiebe}}

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| language = English

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| published = 1962 (McClelland & Stewart)

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| pages = 239 pp (first edition, hardcover)

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Peace Shall Destroy Many is the first novel by Canadian author Rudy Wiebe. The novel surrounds the lives of pacifist Mennonites in Saskatchewan during World War II.{{cite web |url=https://uwaterloo.ca/grebel/publications/conrad-grebel-review/issues/spring-2004/mennonites-crisis-figures-paradox-peace-shall-destroy-many| title=Mennonites in Crisis:Figures of Paradox in Peace Shall Destroy Many| work=Conrad Grebel Review}} The book generated considerable controversy in the Canadian Mennonite community when it was first published, forcing Wiebe to resign his position as editor of the Mennonite Brethren Herald.{{cite web |url=https://imagejournal.org/article/conversation-rudy-wiebe/| title=A Conversation with Rudy Wiebe| work=Image Journal}} The book is considered the first novel about Canadian Mennonites written in English and spurred on a wave of Mennonite literature in the decades after its publication.{{cite web |url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/faith/peace-of-mind-507872951.html | title=Peace of Mind | work=The Winnipeg Free Press}}