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  • People’s Peace

    Prospects for a Human Future

    by Yasmin Saikia, Lisa Sowle Cahill, David Cortright, Donald L. Fixico, Bruce B. Lawrence, Joel Gereboff, Stuart B. Schwartz, Amanda Izzo, Jackie Smith, Atalia Omer0, Leslie Dwyer1, Chad Haines3 ...
    Series series Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution
    People’s Peace lays a solid foundation for the argument that global peace is possible because ordinary people are its architects. Saikia and Haines offer a unique and imaginative perspective on people’s daily lives across the world as they struggle to create peace despite escalating political violence. The volume’s focus on local and ordinary efforts highlights peace as a lived experience that ... Read more

    $28.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Drones and the Future of Armed Conflict

    Ethical, Legal, and Strategic Implications

    Edited by David Cortright, Rachel Fairhurst, Kristen Wall ...
    During the past decade, armed drones have entered the American military arsenal as a core tactic for countering terrorism. When coupled with access to reliable information, they make it possible to deploy lethal force accurately across borders while keeping one's own soldiers out of harm's way. The potential to direct force with great precision also offers the possibility of reducing harm to ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Protest and Policy in the Iraq, Nuclear Freeze and Vietnam Peace Movements

    by David Cortright ...
    Series series Elements in Contentious Politics
    This Element addresses questions about social movement effectiveness and the strategies and methods that are most likely to achieve policy change. It examines the nature of peace movements through a comparative analysis of three major movements, focusing on their policy impacts. It assesses social movement dynamics and the mechanisms through which movements gain influence. The purpose is to mine ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Peace

    A History of Movements and Ideas

    by David Cortright ...
    Veteran scholar and peace activist David Cortright offers a definitive history of the human striving for peace and an analysis of its religious and intellectual roots. This authoritative, balanced, and highly readable volume traces the rise of peace advocacy and internationalism from their origins in earlier centuries through the mass movements of recent decades: the pacifist campaigns of the ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • A Peaceful Superpower

    Lessons from the World's Largest Antiwar Movement

    by David Cortright ...
    A definitive analysis of the impacts of the Iraq antiwar movementAs the Bush administration prepared to wage war against Iraq, millions of people in the United States and around the world took to the streets to warn against the impending disaster. It was the largest wave of antiwar protest in history. This is the story of those dramatic events, told by distinguished peace scholar and activist ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • War and Border Crossings

    Ethics When Cultures Clash

    by Terence Ball, Shaun Casey, Martin Cook, David Cortright, Richard Dagger, Amitai Etzoni, Mitchell R. Haney, George Lucas, Christopher McLeod, Jeffrie Murphy, Darren Ranco, Roberto Suro, Rebecca Tsosie, Angela Wilson, Brian Orend, Mohammed Abu-Nimer, Linell E. Cady, Félix Gutiérrez, Oscar J. Martinez, Joan McGregor ...
    War and Border Crossings brings together renowned scholars to address some of the most pressing problems in public policy, international affairs, and the intercultural issues of our day. Contributors from widely varying disciplines discuss cross-cultural ethical issues and international topics ranging from American international policy and the invasion and occupation of Iraq to domestic topics ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Waging Peace in Vietnam

    US Soldiers and Veterans Who Opposed the War

    Edited by Ron Carver, David Cortright, Barbara Doherty ...
    How American soldiers opposed and resisted the war in VietnamWhile mainstream narratives of the Vietnam War all but marginalize anti-war activity of soldiers, opposition and resistance from within the three branches of the military made a real difference to the course of America’s engagement in Vietnam. By 1968, every major peace march in the United States was led by active duty GIs and Vietnam ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Gandhi and Beyond

    Nonviolence for an Age of Terrorism

    by David Cortright ...
    "David Cortright is a life-long activist and respected scholar. In Gandhi and Beyond, he convincingly shows the power of nonviolence as a philosophy of life, not just a method of social action. His practical analysis of Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Dorothy Day, Cesar Chavez, and others brings new insights and inspiration to those of us attempting to live that philosophy, and to those, especially a ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Towards Nuclear Zero

    by Raimo Väyrynen, David Cortright ...
    Series series Adelphi series
    Rarely in the atomic age have hopes been raised as high as they are now for genuine progress toward disarmament. The new receptivity reflected in the policy declarations of many governments was sparked by a wave of private initiatives led by former senior policy leaders in many countries.This book examines practical steps for achieving progress toward disarmament, realistically assessing both ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Gandhi and Beyond

    Nonviolence for a New Political Age

    by David Cortright ...
    Is there room for nonviolence in a time of conflict and mass violence exacerbated by economic crisis? Drawing on the legend and lessons of Gandhi, Cortright traces the history of nonviolent social activism through the twentieth century to the civil rights movement, the Vietnam era, and up to the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Gaza. Gandhi and Beyond offers a critical evaluation and refinement of ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Civil Society, Peace, and Power

    Edited by David Cortright, Laurel Stone, Melanie Greenberg ...
    Series series Peace and Security in the 21st Century
    Civil society plays an increasingly powerful role in the global landscape, emerging as key actors in preventing and managing conflict, and building more peaceful and sustainable societies . The multiple case studies featured in this volume illustrate the growth of civil society involvement in national, regional, and international peacebuilding policy. The focus is on multi-stakeholder, systems ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Ending Obama's War

    Responsible Military Withdrawal from Afghanistan

    by David Cortright ...
    Now in its tenth year, the US-led military campaign in Afghanistan continues with no foreseeable end in sight. Ending Obama's War is intended to help and hold President Obama to his policy of beginning military withdrawals in July 2011 - and sooner if possible. Renowned peace scholar David Cortright offers realistic alternatives for ending the war whilst continuing to help the Afghan people, ... Read more

    $57.99 USD