Approaches to peace : a reader in peace studies /
Reader in peace studies
[edited by] David P. Barash, University of Washington.
- Fourth edition.
- x, 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Approaches to Approaches to Peace -- Understanding War -- Why War? / Warfare Is Only an Invention - Not a Biological Necessity / War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning / War and Other Essays / Victims of Groupthink / The Causes of War / National Images and International Systems / The Clash of Civilizations / How Resource Scarcity and Climate Change Could Produce a Global Explosion / Battlefields of the Future / The Revisionist Imperative: Rethinking Twentieth Century Wars / Building "Negative Peace" -- The Moral Equivalent of War / Getting to Yes / Disarmament Demands GRIT / Ten Nuclear Myths / A World Free of Nuclear Weapons / A Powerful Peace / Disarmament, Economic Conversion, and Jobs for All / International Law / Catholic Answers / Reforming the UN for the 21st Century / Violence Vanquished / Life without War? / Responding to Terrorism -- The Evil Scourge of Terrorism: Reality, Construction, Remedy / Terrorism: Theirs and Ours / The U.S. Response to Terrorism / Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism / The True Spirit of Jihad / Building "Positive Peace" -- The Land Ethic / Speech to the United Nations, 2015 / How to Judge Globalism / Human Rights / Letter from a Birmingham Jail / Feminist Politics: Where We Stand / Nonviolence -- Civil Disobedience / Letter to Ernest Howard Crosby / Conscientious Objector / Neither Victims nor Executioners / The Gospel of Nonviolence / Seeking a Solution to the Problem of War / Soft Power / Peace Movements, Transformation, and the Future -- On Humane Governance / Sexism and the War System / A Human Approach to World Peace / Empire v. Democracy - Why Nemesis Is at Our Door / No Future without Forgiveness / World Government? / How Economic Growth Has Become Antilife / Antiwar Activists, Where Are You? / Sigmund Freud -- Margaret Mead -- Chris Hedges -- William Graham Sumner -- Irving Janis -- Michael Howard -- Kenneth Boulding -- Samuel P. Huntington -- Michael Klare -- Peter W. Singer -- Andrew Bacevich -- William James -- Roger Fisher, William Ury, and Bruce Patton -- Charles Osgood -- David Krieger and Angela McCrackien -- George P. Shultz, William J. Perry, Henry A. Kissinger, and Sam Nunn -- Jonathan Schell -- Seymour Melman -- David P. Barash -- Just War Doctrine -- Vijay Mehta -- Steven Pinker -- Douglas P. Fry -- Noam Chomsky -- Eqbal Ahmad -- Haviland Smith -- Robert Pape -- Sarah Ahmad -- Aldo Leopold -- Pope Francis -- Amartya Sen -- David P. Barash -- Martin Luther King Jr. -- bell hooks -- Henry David Thoreau -- Leo Tolstoy -- Edna St. Vincent Millay -- Albert Camus -- Mohandas Gandhi -- Gene Sharp -- Joseph S. Nye Jr. -- Richard Falk -- Betty Reardon -- Dalai Lama -- Chalmers Johnson -- Desmond Tutu -- David P. Barash -- Vandana Shiva -- Victoria A. Bonney. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
"Approaches to Peace: A Reader in Peace Studies, Fourth Edition, provides a unique and interdisciplinary sampling of key articles focusing on the diverse facets of peace and conflict studies. Featuring both classic and contemporary work, it enables students to read highly influential articles while also introducing them to the most current perspectives in the field. Timeless classics from Leo Tolstoy, Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandhi, and Henry David Thoreau are included alongside contemporary pieces by illustrious contributors including Noam Chomsky, bell hooks, Vandana Shiva, and Pope Francis."--Back cover.