Peace Action: Past, Present, and Future [Hardcover]

Glen Harold Stassen (Author), Lawrence S. Wittner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 30, 2007

Peace Action: Past, Present, and Future is a collection of short, lively essays written by prominent leaders and supporters of Peace Action and its two important predecessors the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy and the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign. Just in time for its 50th anniversary, Peace Action brings together reflections on the largest and most influential peace organization in history. At the same time, this book provides a unique resource for understanding popular protest against nuclear weapons and war in the modern era. It illuminates the local, national, and international role of Peace Action today and outlines Peace Action s strategies for the future, including ongoing protest against the war in Iraq and a negotiated resolution of nuclear issues in Iran and North Korea.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Anybody concerned with avoiding nuclear annihilation, and with world peace in general, will find a treasure trove in this book. The voices of those who have created and led Peace Action groups not only provide valuable recent history but convey the kind of passionate wisdom that needs to be applied to our present world. --Dr. Robert J. Lifton, author of Death in Life: Survivors of Hiroshima

This timely book recalls the difference SANE/Freeze made in slowing the nuclear arms race, reflects on lessons learned, and encourages us to renew our work for a saner, more peaceful world. The essays on the participation of women, faith communities, and grass-roots organizing are a refreshing addition to the history of Peace Action. --Pamela K. Brubaker, California Lutheran University, author of Globalization at What Price?

At age 9, in 1970, our younger son looked at a TV image of an exploding nuclear bomb, and he murmured, I hope I grow up to be an adult. He did. For that fact, multiplied among millions of us in the post-1945 world, we are indebted to certain fellow citizens and wise politicians who kept saying that to plan a nuclear war is to plan humanity's suicide. No organization said it more consistently than SANE/Freeze, now named Peace Action. This book is a history of that movement by those who led it. To read these chapters is to thank God for the prophets among us who not only dream of world peace but who insist it is the only truly realistic dream. --Donald W. Shriver, Jr., President Emeritus, Union Theological Seminary, New York

About the Author

Glen Harold Stassen, Smedes Professor of Christian Ethics, Fuller Theological Seminary, edited Just Peacemaking: Ten Practices for Abolishing War, and authored Just Peacemaking: Transforming Initiatives for Peace and Justice, Living the Sermon on the Mount, and Kingdom Ethics. He served on the International Committee, co-chaired the Strategy Committee, and chaired the Euromissile Committee of the Freeze Campaign; and is a national board member of Peace Action. Lawrence S. Wittner, Professor of History at the State University of New York/Albany, has written or edited numerous books on peace and foreign policy issues, including the award-winning trilogy, The Struggle against the Bomb. A former president of the Peace History Society, he has been active for decades in peace, racial equality, and labor organizations. He is currently a national board member of Peace Action.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 184 pages
• Publisher: Paradigm Publishers (July 30, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1594513325
• ISBN-13: 978-1594513329
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,051,126 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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