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In the name of international and domestic security, billions of dollars are wasted on unproductive military spending in both developed and developing countries, when millions are starving and living without basic human needs. This book contains articles relating to military spending, military industrial establishments, and peace keeping.

Preliminary Material -- HOPE AND THE ETHICS OF BELIEF /Richard Werner -- THE VULNERABILITY THESIS AND THE PEACEMAKING VIRTUES /Robert L. Muhlnickel -- GANDHIAN NONVIOLENCE AS NOT PRESUPPOSING HUMAN GOODNESS /Sanjay Lal -- NONVIOLENT RHETORIC IN GEOPOLITICS /William C. Gay -- WILL KYMLICKA AS PEACEMAKER /Joseph M. Betz -- SYSTEMIC CONSTELLATIONS AND THEIR POTENTIAL IN PEACE WORK /Anna Lübbe -- PEACE EDUCATION: A SYSTEMIC FRAMEWORK /Joseph Rayle -- BUILDING BRIDGES TO PEACE: TEACHING TOLERANCE THROUGH THE HISTORY OF ART /Paul J. Parks -- ANTI-WAR WAR FILMS /Dennis Rothermel -- THE POWER OF SONG FOR NONVIOLENT TRANSFORMATIVE ACTION /Colleen Kattau -- WOMAN, MOTHER, AND NONVIOLENT ACTIVISM /Danielle Poe -- THE BLUE GUITAR, BLUE FROG, AND THE BLUES /Katina Sayers-Walker -- WORKS CITED -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- INDEX -- VIBS.

From Veterans for Peace to the Nonviolent Peace Force, from UN initiatives to local actions by women in Colombia and Kenya, and from citizen diplomats to creative conflict resolvers to survivors of genocide, this set tells the stories of ideas, people, and worldwide organizations striving to help humanity realize its never-ending yearning for peace

This book documents recent and historical events in the theoretically-based practice of peace development. Its diverse collection of essays describes different aspects of applied philosophy in peace action, commonly involving the contributors' continual engagement in the field, while offering support and optimal responses to conflict and violence.

This book documents recent and historical events in the theoretically-based practice of peace development. Its diverse collection of essays describes different aspects of applied philosophy in peace action, commonly involving the contributors' continual engagement in the field, while offering support and optimal responses to conflict and violence.

A critical study of incentives commonly used to induce non-state armed groups to engage in peace negotiations. Offers a closer analysis of these incentives, which offer such groups a place or a stake in governance, suggesting that not only are they frequently ineffective, but that they can have unintended and dangerous side effects

Using examples from across Asia, authors illuminate the complex social, political, and religious conditions that have fostered war, colonialism, dictatorships, and ethnic strife, and the equally intricate psychologies required to encourage reconciliation.