Conflict & Peace
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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![]() A Beauty that HurtsLife and Death in Guatemala |
When A Beauty That Hurts first appeared in 1995, Guatemala was one of the world’s most flagrant violators of human rights. An accord brokered by the United Nations brought a measure of … | W. George Lovell | 288 | 2019 | View |
![]() Are We Done Fighting?Building Understanding in a World of Hate and Division |
Unfounded beliefs and hateful political and social divisions that can cascade into violence are threatening to pull the world apart. Responding to fear and aggression strategically and with … | Matthew Legge | 352 | 2019 | View |
![]() Disarming ConflictWhy Peace Cannot Be Won on the Battlefield |
Wars fought over the past quarter century have been a spectacular failure. The overwhelming majority end in military stalemate and are settled at the negotiating table, with the grievances that … | Ernie Regehr | 232 | 2015 | View |
![]() From Bombs to BooksThe remarkable stories of refugee children and their families at two exceptional Canadian schools |
This book chronicles how schools in Canada can #&8212; and do — play a positive role in the day-to-day lives of refugee families. Written by a principal who has worked at of two of the … | David Starr | 232 | 2016 | View |
![]() Israel, A Beachhead in the Middle EastFrom European Colony to US Power Projection Platform |
One US military leader has called Israel “the intelligence equivalent of five CIAs.” An Israeli cabinet minister likens his country to “the equivalent of a dozen US aircraft … | Stephen Gowans | 252 | 2019 | View |
![]() Loyalist Rebellion in New BrunswickA defining conflict for Canada's political culture |
The American refugees who fled north to Canada after Britain’s defeat by the revolutionary U.S. army were determined to build a culture separate from the U.S. By their numbers and their … | David Bell | 184 | 2013 | View |
![]() Oil and World PoliticsThe real story of today's conflict zones: Iraq, Afghanistan, Venezuela, Ukraine and more |
This book identifies the underlying role played by the oil and gas resource and the oil industry in international affairs, with a focus on recent conflict zones. It discusses military … | John Foster | 280 | 2018 | View |
![]() Patriots, Traitors and EmpiresThe Story of Korea's Struggle for Freedom |
“In the night of our ignorance, North Korea confirms all stereotypes.”—Bruce Cumings Patriots, Traitors and Empires is an account of modern Korean history, written from the … | Stephen Gowans | 272 | 2018 | View |
![]() Pay No Heed to the RocketsPalestine in the Present Tense |
Marcello Di Cintio first visited Palestine in 1999. Like most outsiders, the Palestinian narrative that he knew had been simplified by a seemingly unending struggle, a near-Sisyphean curse of … | Marcello Di Cintio | 264 | 2018 | View |
![]() PeacemakersHow people around the world are building a world free of war |
A world without war: this is the vision that Douglas Roche has pursued for decades. A long-time Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament, Canadian ambassador for disarmament, and later a … | Douglas Roche | 224 | 2014 | View |
![]() The Hope that RemainsCanadian Survivors of the Rwandan Genocide |
Every immigrant that comes to Canada has a story. This book captures ten of those stories and the remarkable resiliency and fortitude of the human spirit. In 1994 one of the worst genocides in … | Christine Magill | 192 | 2019 | View |
![]() The Mediator’s ToolkitFormulating and Asking Questions for Successful Outcomes |
Learn how to formulate and ask penetrating, paradigm-shifting questions for successful outcomes in any conflict. Knowing how to formulate and ask incisive questions to get to the core of a … | Gerry O'Sullivan | 258 | 2018 | View |
![]() The Memory We Could BeOvercoming Fear to Create Our Ecological Future |
Heal the great separation between humans and nature, and help create a future worth remembering. The Memory We Could Be moves beyond the sterile, technical language around climate change and … | Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik | 338 | 2018 | View |
![]() The Myth of the Good WarAmerica in the Second World War |
Was the role of the United States in the Second World War an essentially idealistic one, a crusading struggle to conquer the dark forces of German fascism and Japanese militarism? Was it an … | Jacques R. Pauwels | 328 | 2015 | View |
![]() The United Nations in the 21st CenturyGrappling with the world's most challenging issues: militarism, the environment, human rights, inequality |
After more than seven decades, the United Nations embodies humanity’:s hopes for peace, security, social justice, human rights, equality for women, and a voice for all. At the same time, … | Douglas Roche | 98 | 2015 | View |
![]() WallsTravels Along the Barricades |
Winner, Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing, Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Nonfiction, and City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize Shortlisted, Dolman Travel Book Award Longlisted, … | Marcello Di Cintio | 288 | 2013 | View |