| Peace Shall Destroy Many | |
| Author: | Rudy Wiebe |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | 1962 (McClelland & Stewart) |
| Media Type: | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages: | 239 pp (first edition, hardcover) |
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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]