Johan Galtung is the world's foremost thinker in peace studies. This remarkable book is his response to the events of 9/11. It is a philosophical collection of essays on terror, war, and peace which engages with the key issues and obstacles we face in attempting to create peace around the world. Focusing in particular on the Pacific region, he presents a grounded assessment of the history of the regional power dynamics and present prospects for peace.
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"'I never encounter the writings of Dr. Johan Galtung without recalling what the philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson said of the true scholar, namely, that "He is the world's eye. He is the world's heart.'" Daisaku Ikeda, President, Soka Gakkai International
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Johan Galtung founded the International Peace Research Institute in Oslo in 1959 and is the author of many essays and books on peace. Currently Professor of Peace Studies at six universities, he is the holder of the Right Livelihood Award 1987 and the Norwegian Humanist Prize, 1988.
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We are exploring peace in the Pacific Hemisphere; the region of the world washed by the waters of that giant ocean and some adjacent waters. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Pearl Harbor, Soviet Union, European Union, Cold War, Pacific Hemisphere, North Korea, United States, New Zealand, Latin America, Pacific War, South Korea, Rapa Nui, Hong Kong, Manifest Destiny, French Polynesia, Pacific Islands, United Nations, Northern Territories, Security Council, Sun Goddess, European Community, Middle East, Third World, Western Hemisphere, Khmer Rouge New!
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We are exploring peace in the Pacific Hemisphere; the region of the world washed by the waters of that giant ocean and some adjacent waters. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Pearl Harbor, Soviet Union, European Union, Cold War, Pacific Hemisphere, North Korea, United States, New Zealand, Latin America, Pacific War, South Korea, Rapa Nui, Hong Kong, Manifest Destiny, French Polynesia, Pacific Islands, United Nations, Northern Territories, Security Council, Sun Goddess, European Community, Middle East, Third World, Western Hemisphere, Khmer Rouge New!
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- The Golden Age by Gore Vidal on page 34, and Back Matter
- American Lake: Nuclear Peril in the Pacific (Penguin Asia-Pacific series) by Peter Hayes in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The European Union (World Organizations) by Jillian Powell in Back Matter
- Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan by Herbert P. Bix in Back Matter
- Tales of the Pacific (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin) by Jack London in Front Matter
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