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Soldiers of Peace: How to Wield the Weapon of Nonviolence with Maximum Force Paperback – August 29, 2017

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Soldiers of Peace, by West Point graduate and Iraq War veteran Paul K. Chappell, is the sixth book in his seven-book Road to Peace series.


The titles in this important series can be read in any order. All are about waging peace, ending war, the art of living, and what it means to be human. In a world where so many “solutions” deal with surface symptoms rather than the root causes of our problems, Chappell's books provide real guidance we can follow to change ourselves and change the world for the better.


In Soldiers of Peace, Paul discusses how to wield the weapon of nonviolence with maximum force so that we can understand, confront, and heal our personal and societal wounds.


To create realistic peace we must be as well trained in waging peace as soldiers are in waging war. Chappell discusses how our misunderstanding of peace and violence originate from our misunderstanding about reality and the human condition itself.


This book offers a new paradigm in human understanding by dispelling popular myths and revealing timeless truths about the reality of struggle, rage, trauma, empathy, the limitations of violence, the power of nonviolence, and the skills needed to create lasting peace. Through the educational initiative of peace literacy and the metaphor of the constellation of peace, Soldiers of Peace offers a practical framework so that all of us can apply this new paradigm to our daily lives, and therefore create realistic peace within our friendships, families, workplaces, communities, nations, and the entire world.


In a time of increased strife and violence in our society, this book is more critically needed than ever.

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Paul K. Chappell graduated from West Point in 2002, was deployed to Iraq, and left active duty in November 2009 as a Captain. He is the author of the Road to Peace series, a seven-book series about waging peace, ending war, the art of living, and what it means to be human. The first five published books in this series are Will War Ever End?, The End of War, Peaceful Revolution, The Art of Waging Peace, and The Cosmic Ocean.


Chappell serves as the Peace Leadership Director for the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. Lecturing across the country and internationally, he also teaches college courses and workshops on Peace Leadership. He grew up in Alabama, the son of a half-black and half-white father who fought in the Korean and Vietnam wars, and a Korean mother.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Prospecta Press (August 29, 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1632260832
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1632260833
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.75 x 8.25 inches
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Paul K. Chappell graduated from West Point in 2002, was deployed to Iraq, and left active duty in November 2009 as a Captain. He is the author of the Road to Peace series, a seven-book series about waging peace, ending war, the art of living, and what it means to be human. The first four published books in this series are Will War Ever End?, The End of War, Peaceful Revolution, and The Art of Waging Peace. Chappell serves as the Peace Leadership Director for the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. Lecturing across the country and internationally, he also teaches college courses and workshops on Peace Leadership. He grew up in Alabama, the son of a half-black and half-white father who fought in the Korean and Vietnam wars, and a Korean mother. His website is www.peacefulrevolution.com.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Read it!
Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2023
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Chappell’s work in peace literacy can save the world if we share it in our homes, schools, workplaces, organizations, and political institutions.
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Waging Peace/Maine
5.0 out of 5 stars If "peace literacy" is an unfamiliar term to you, it won't be for long!
Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2017
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reviewed by Sally Chappell (no relation to the author)

In the present era of unending war and random terror, it is understandable that many of us feel resigned to this undesirable status quo. Is it our fate to live this way? No, argues Paul K. Chappell in his new book, "Soldiers of Peace: How to Wield the Weapon of Nonviolence with Maximum Force." In the sixth book of his Road to Peace series, Chappell points to the heavens and identifies the constellation of peace with its four stars: struggle, training, truth and strategy.

Who are these soldiers of peace who choose nonviolence as their weapon for waging peace? They are you and me when we attack oppression, injustice, prejudice, and illusion with the skills honed through peace literacy. If "peace literacy" is an unfamiliar term to you, it won't be for long. Alongside his writing, Chappell uses his childhood trauma, experiences of racial discrimination, rigorous West Point education and prodigious scholarship to take deeply thought ideas directly to the people in the form of lectures and workshops all over the country and internationally. As Peace Leadership Director of the Nuclear Age Peace foundation, he emphasizes the urgency of peace literacy in its seven forms: our shared humanity, the art of living, the art of waging peace, the art of listening, the nature of reality, our responsibility to animals and our responsibility to creation. Soldiers of Peace is an in-depth look at the first five forms of peace literacy as he weaves metaphors from ancient and recent history into a tapestry that convinces and provides direction. The remaining two forms of peace literacy will be addressed in the last book of the Road to Peace series, entitled, "The Transcendent Mystery."

In some ways, peace literacy is an extension of classic literacy in that the written word is one-way communication from the author to the reader; whereas peace literacy requires dual communication in which each party expresses their hopes, grievances, and experience of living with sensitive clarity and language that conveys respect for the other. But Chappell warns that "peace literacy does not offer the easy answers and quick fixes that so many people are fond of" and "peace literacy threatens the unjust systems that profit from pain."

Just as learning to read is best done from an early age, adopting the principles of peace is just as important from an early age and should be part of every school's curriculum. Why? With a burgeoning human population of 7.5 billion+ amidst the sixth great extinction of species on the earth, it is imperative that we avoid a culling of the human herd mentality where people "other" are viewed as extinguishable: the convicted criminals on death row, the unwanted unborn, the terrorists, the "enemy" and all those who meet untimely death through neglect and indifference. With a healthy respect for all life, including perceived pests, we can address the most pressing personal and global problems that threaten our lives.

Although "Soldiers of Peace" can easily be read on its own merits, the book is best read as a companion to Chappell's other books. Having read all of them thus far, this reviewer can attest to the efficacy of the principles Chappell proposes. I have seen a difference in my own mental attitude since meeting Chappell in 2013 as a participant in one of his workshops. As a person with a Christian world view, I can now better enact my prayers for peace. But most of all, Chappell convinces primarily through the example of his own life, a person who has traded his "mother tongue" of rage for a "radical empathy" for all creatures of the earth.
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Ben Y
4.0 out of 5 stars Peace literacy is a message that must be heard
Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2022
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I purchased and binge-read five of Paul K. Chappell's books about peace literacy, and I thoroughly enjoyed them all. Note that Chappell repeats some of the same content in each of his books and so reading five books may not be necessary. I think I most enjoyed "The End of War", for it contained the most number of war examples, and quotes from military people that somehow knew that war was insanity.
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Mother Dawe
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Information
Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2021
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Paul Chappell is a very informative and engaging writer. I have already recommended the peace literacy website to several school teachers. A timely book if ever there was one!
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N. L. Ebarb
5.0 out of 5 stars Paul Chappell is a hero.
Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2021
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Excellent content. Author Paul Chappell is an absolute hero.
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Louise Kimbrel
5.0 out of 5 stars Peace is the way for all Americans now!
Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2018
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This book reveals the ultimate need for Peace in this day and time or the nation we love will be sacrificed for the few who are not willing to work to Keep America the Greatest Nation.
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CB Willy
5.0 out of 5 stars Peace Literacy!
Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2018
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Paul K Chappel is an amazing mind and creative thinker. I highly recommend all of his works. He shows how peace truly is possible.
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Toni
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2018
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It is an eye opening book.
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