A Peace Reader: Essential Readings on War, Justice, Non-violence, and World OrderJoseph Fahey, Richard Armstrong A Peace Reader Revised contains articles reflecting different and even opposing viewpoints, offering competing visions of the future. They range from the scholarly to the folksy; from the philosophical to the satirical; from the didactic to the poetic. In an effort to help students develop critical thinking skills, the authors include study questions after every major article. The result is a book as contemporary as today's headlines and as timeless as the wisdom of the ages. |
Contents
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The Causes of War Michael Howard | 20 |
Patriarchy Peace and Women | 33 |
Planning for Economic Conversion Seymour Melman | 51 |
Militarism in America The Defense | 61 |
A Declining Empire Goes to War Paul Kennedy | 76 |
ROTC Today and Tomorrow Robert F Collins | 86 |
War Preparers Anonymous Kurt Vonnegut | 95 |
Can Peace Be Imagined? Elise Boulding | 377 |
Toward a Paradigm of Peace Betty A Reardon | 391 |
The Scandal of Peace Education André Ryerson | 404 |
Scientists and the Peace Movement Johan Galtung | 421 |
September 1 1939 W H Auden | 433 |
The Coward Eve Merriam | 439 |
Independence Henry David Thoreau | 443 |
War Is Kind Stephen Crane | 445 |
Pacem in Terris Pope John XXIII | 107 |
Letter from a Birmingham Jail Martin Luther | 113 |
Socialism Informs the Best of | 129 |
The Wail of the Children Mother Jones | 138 |
The Case against Helping the Poor Garrett Hardin | 141 |
Chief Seattles Message Chief Seattle | 152 |
Amnesty International Amnesty | 159 |
Ahimsa or the Way of Nonviolence Mohandas | 171 |
To Oliver Cromwell and The Time | 183 |
iii | 187 |
Letter to a NonCommissioned | 191 |
Why I Leave the F O R Reinhold | 198 |
The Individual Conscience A J Muste | 205 |
Are You a Conscientious Objector? CCCO | 213 |
The Techniques of Nonviolent Action Gene Sharp | 223 |
The Holocaust as a Problem in Moral | 230 |
Those Who Said No to the Holocaust David Kitterman | 249 |
You Be the Arbitrator American Arbitration | 279 |
Isnt There | 287 |
Arbitration vs Mediation | 296 |
Getting to Yes in a Nuclear Age Roger Fisher | 315 |
Universal Declaration of Human | 333 |
Redefining National Security Lester R Brown | 339 |
Foreign Aid and U S National | 345 |
An International | 356 |
The Lesser Evil over the Greater Evil Jeane Kirkpatrick | 362 |
Americas Liberal Tradition Charles William | 370 |
CounterAttack Siegfried Sassoon | 446 |
Strange Meeting Wilfred Owen | 448 |
The Battle of Blenheim Robert Southey | 450 |
The Canticle of Brother Sun St Francis of Assisi | 452 |
The War Prayer Mark Twain | 454 |
A Theft from Those Who Hunger Dwight D | 455 |
HeroZero Anonymous G I | 456 |
A Debt of Generosity Thucydides | 457 |
Incident at Damascus Arkansas John Fandel | 458 |
The Hairy Man from the East Chief Luther Standing Bear | 459 |
My Religion Leo Tolstoy | 460 |
The Dhammadapada Buddha | 461 |
The Way of Life Laotse | 462 |
Break up Your Fallow Ground Hosea 464 | |
Hear This Micah 465 | |
Swords into Plowshares Micah 466 | |
Seek Good and Not Evil Amos 467 | |
Let Justice Roll Amos 468 | |
He Has Put Down the Mighty Luke 469 | |
The Spirit of the Lord Luke 470 | |
Blessed Are the Poor Matthew 471 | |
Put on the Armor that God Gives Ephesians 472 | |
Methods of Nonviolent Action Gene Sharp 473 | |
Peace Upon Earth Thomas Hardy 480 | |
Neither Blame Nor Praise Dante Alighieri 481 | |
Easy Essay Peter Maurin 482 | |
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