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Living Beyond War
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Author : Winslow Myers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Living Beyond War written by Winslow Myers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Political Science categories.
After thousands of years, the dream of a world without war may seem hopelessly unrealistic. But, as Winslow Myers shows in this concise, eloquent primer, what is truly unrealistic is the notion that war remains a reasonable solution to the conflicts on our planet. He begins by showing why war has become obsolete (though obviously not extinct): it doesn't solve the problems that ostensibly justify it; its costs are unacceptably high; the destructiveness of modern weapons could lead to human extinction; and there are better alternatives. After elaborating on these points, he outlines a new way of thinking that will be necessary if we are to move beyond war, in particular a recognition of our "oneness" and global interdependence. Finally, he outlines practical alternatives and inspiring examples that anticipate the goal of a world "beyond war."
Beyond War
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Author : Douglas P. Fry
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2009-04-10
Beyond War written by Douglas P. Fry and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-10 with Social Science categories.
A profoundly heartening view of human nature, Beyond War offers a hopeful prognosis for a future without war. Douglas P. Fry convincingly argues that our ancient ancestors were not innately warlike--and neither are we. He points out that, for perhaps ninety-nine percent of our history, for well over a million years, humans lived in nomadic hunter-and-gatherer groups, egalitarian bands where warfare was a rarity. Drawing on archaeology and fascinating recent fieldwork on hunter-gatherer bands from around the world, Fry debunks the idea that war is ancient and inevitable. For instance, among Aboriginal Australians, warfare was an extreme anomaly. Fry also points out that even today, when war seems ever present, the vast majority of us live peaceful, nonviolent lives. We are not as warlike as we think, and if we can learn from our ancestors, we may be able to move beyond war to provide real justice and security for the world.
455 Days
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Author : Robert J. Conine
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022-02-11
455 Days written by Robert J. Conine and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-11 with categories.
It was like I was in battle, and a barrage of weaponry was thrown at me, like misgivings, haunting memories, and tears that were so poignantly and strategically shot. I had no defense, and in my mind, I became a casualty of war, believing I was wounded, lying in a hospital bed, relieved to be safe and out of the war. When I got home, I left the war in Vietnam, and once I was on American soil, life started over. The past was the past. The challenge of the next fifty years was to keep it in the past. But that wasn't always easy. I had nightmares that subsided only when everyday life challenges took precedence in our family. I had moments of depression and guilt and memories that filled the spaces brought on by scents, sights, and sounds. I couldn't read stories about Vietnam or view Vietnam films or war movies. I kept them out of my life. I had fifty years of denial, but one day, God, whom I kept in my back pocket, pulled my past out and placed it before me, demanding that I confront it. I prayed, "My God, who am I? Please help me," and the rest is history. I am still dealing with it, but I am at peace. My spirit was wounded; now I'm healed. My story has changed over the years, but now it has a happy ending. This story represents one soldier's feelings during battles and the daily regimen of a soldier waiting to fulfill their 365-day stint in 'Nam. It is the story of one man's true feelings frozen for fifty years.
Love Beyond War
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Author : Carol Cherry Anderson
language : en
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing
Release Date : 2013-09
Love Beyond War written by Carol Cherry Anderson and has been published by Strategic Book Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with categories.
Love Beyond War is the sequel to Love Transcends War. Inspired by true stories, this book continues the adventures of three generations of a family torn apart by war. Bob, the hero of the first book, was seriously injured at Pearl Harbor and is still trying to put his life back together. Lingering amnesia and identity theft haunt him. He undergoes occasional flashbacks, although most of his life over the last three decades in Hawaii has been fulfilling. He and his beloved late wife, Ming, had four children, who also deal with challenges. With the Vietnam War raging, readers meet Matthew, the son Bob has never met. Barbara, whom Bob doesn’t remember, was his short-term fiancée before he joined the military. She has just told him about Matthew, who struggles to stay alive on the battlefield where he is seriously injured and exposed to Agent Orange. Will his life end there? Impetuous Jenny has faced many challenges, including being kidnapped and abused by a rogue group in Kenya where she works with an agency helping orphaned and abused children. Her past includes being a student at UC Berkeley, an anti-war protestor, and living on the streets of San Francisco during the 1960s. See how they search for healing after war.
Beyond War
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Author : Albert García-Piquer
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2016-06-22
Beyond War written by Albert García-Piquer and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-22 with Social Science categories.
The long-standing debate over the origins of violence has resurfaced over the last two decades. There has been a proliferation of studies on violence, from both cross-cultural and ethnographic and prehistoric perspectives, based on a reading of archaeological and bioarchaeological records in a variety of territories and chronologies. The vast body of osteoarchaeological and architectural evidence reflects the presence of interpersonal violence among the first farmer groups throughout Europe, and, even earlier, between hunter-gatherer societies of the Mesolithic. The studies in Beyond War present the necessity of rethinking the concept of “violence” in archaeology. This overcomes the old conception that limits violence to its most evident expressions in war and intra- or extra-group conflict, opening up the debate on violence, which allows the advancement of knowledge of the social life and organization of prehistoric societies. Determining archaeological indicators to identify violent practices and to analyse their origin and causes is fundamental here, and represents the only way to find out when and under what historical conditions prehistoric societies began to organize themselves by exercising structural violence.
War Is Never Just
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Author : David Swanson
language : en
Publisher: David Swanson
Release Date : 2018-04-03
War Is Never Just written by David Swanson and has been published by David Swanson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-03 with Philosophy categories.
Swanson builds a case that the time has come to set behind us the idea that a war can ever be just. This critique of "Just War" theory finds the criteria such theories use to be either unmeasurable, unachievable, or amoral, and the perspective taken too narrow. This book argues that belief in the possibility of a just war does tremendous damage by facilitating enormous investment in war preparations–which strips resources from human and environmental needs while creating momentum for numerous unjust wars.
Mother Jones Magazine
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987-04
Mother Jones Magazine written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987-04 with categories.
Mother Jones is an award-winning national magazine widely respected for its groundbreaking investigative reporting and coverage of sustainability and environmental issues.
Ethics Beyond War S End
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Author : Eric Patterson
language : en
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Release Date : 2012-03-02
Ethics Beyond War S End written by Eric Patterson and has been published by Georgetown University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-02 with Political Science categories.
The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have focused new attention on a perennial problem: how to end wars well. What ethical considerations should guide war’s settlement and its aftermath? In cases of protracted conflicts, recurring war, failed or failing states, or genocide and war crimes, is there a framework for establishing an enduring peace that is pragmatic and moral? Ethics Beyond War’s End provides answers to these questions from the just war tradition. Just war thinking engages the difficult decisions of going to war and how war is fought. But from this point forward just war theory must also take into account what happens after war ends, and the critical issues that follow: establishing an enduring order, employing political forms of justice, and cultivating collective forms of conciliation. Top thinkers in the field—including Michael Walzer, Jean Bethke Elshtain, James Turner Johnson, and Brian Orend—offer powerful contributions to our understanding of the vital issues associated with late- and post conflict in tough, real-world scenarios that range from the US Civil War to contemporary quagmires in Afghanistan, the Middle East, and the Congo.
Understanding Peace
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Author : Michael Allen Fox
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-11-12
Understanding Peace written by Michael Allen Fox and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-12 with Philosophy categories.
Understanding Peace: A Comprehensive Introduction fills the need for an original, contemporary examination of peace that is challenging, informative, and empowering. This well-researched, fully documented, and highly accessible textbook moves beyond fixation on war to highlight the human capacity for nonviolent cooperation in everyday life and in conflict situations. After deconstructing numerous ideas about war and explaining its heavy costs to humans, animals, and the environment, discussion turns to evidence for the existence of peaceful societies. Further topics include the role of nonviolence in history, the nature of violence and aggression, and the theory and practice of nonviolence. The book offers two new moral arguments against war, and concludes by defining peace carefully from different angles and then describing conditions for creating a culture of peace. Understanding Peace brings a fresh philosophical perspective to discussions of peace, and also addresses down-to-earth issues about effecting constructive change in a complex world. The particular strength of Understanding Peace lies in its commitment to reflecting on and integrating material from many fields of knowledge. This approach will appeal to a diverse audience of students and scholars in peace studies, philosophy, and the social sciences, as well as to general-interest readers.
Living Nonviolently
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Author : Gabriel Moran
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2011-03-31
Living Nonviolently written by Gabriel Moran and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-31 with Philosophy categories.
Living Nonviolently: Language for Resisting Violence proposes distinctions of language that effectively address issues of force, power, aggressiveness, violence and war. No other book provides such a consistent language for living nonviolently through examples drawn from nonhuman animals, human infancy, personal transactions, domestic politics, and international conflicts.