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ISBN-13: 978-0521670005
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Product Details

  • Paperback: 390 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press (June 2, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0521670004
  • ISBN-13: 978-0521670005
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #715,057 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 starsThere is now way to peace, peace is the way!
By K. Jacob on June 3, 2008
Format: Hardcover
If you care about your family, friends, community, city, state, country and most importantly, our world, read this book. If you've ever worried about the direction our country has taken, especially the violent, militaristic route since 9/11, you will find viable alternatives in this book.

From laypeople and students, all the way to scholars, policy-makers and business leaders, this book is a must-read for everyone. It is a pragmatic, thoroughly researched, objective and honest account of the history of nonviolent action and peace ideas struggling against incredible odds. Cortright has once again managed magnificently to write a book that is concise, understandable, and above all, a very good read.

The first chapter is titled, "What is peace?" All of us conjure up an answer of what peace is which originates from an interpretation of our personal experiences and those of others. Cortright has taken the experiences of the many and answers the question, "what is peace?" in a way that might challenge, and change your answer.

In our troubled world with destabilizing threats facing the security of our families to our world, we cannot sit idly by. Alternatives to solve these problems do exist. If you believe we are on the wrong path, (a burning question for me is how can the US spend more on our Pentagon budget annually - which does not include the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan - than the entire world combined, yet I feel less secure than ever before), and you are willing to open your mind to an alternative way, I believe you have come to the right book.
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5.0 out of 5 starsAn Utterly Superb Intellectual Contribution--a Major New Reference
By Robert David STEELE Vivas HALL OF FAMETOP 1000 REVIEWER on January 10, 2010
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This book is a gift to humanity, a foundational reference of such extraorindary value that I earnestly believe it should be required reading for every single liberal arts program in the world, and used as a core book in all graduate international relations programs.

Part I reviews the history of peace movements; Part II reviews core themes of peace within religions, populism, democracy, social justice, responsibility to protect and wraps up with three cahpters on a moral equivalent, realizing disarmament, and realistic pacifism.

The footnotes, the bibliography, and the index are world-class. The paper is glossy and annoyingly unreceptive to ink, but as a library volume or one that does not allow notes, this is an absolute top-notch production at a phenomenally reasonable price. I have the note mid-way: utterly brilliant blending of works of others within own architecture--superior scholarship.

The book does not touch on the evolutionary activism, conscious evolution, integral consciousness literature, and this is not a criticsm as much as a roadsign: the following five books complement this work in a distinct fashion.
Reflections on Evolutionary Activism: Essays, poems and prayers from an emerging field of sacred social change
Conscious Evolution: Awakening Our Social Potential
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5.0 out of 5 starsDavid Cortright scores again
By R. Jubitz on June 7, 2014
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I am so impressed by his commitment to seeking out non-violent solutions to all situations. He is a star in the peacebuilding world and his research is first rate. I recommend this book to everyone who wants peace in this world.
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