Conflict & Peace

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What We Talk About When We Talk About War

What We Talk About When We Talk About War

An Amazon.ca Editor’s Pick for 2012 and a Globe and Mail Top 100 Book of 2012 Shortlisted, Governor General’s Award for Non-Fiction, Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing, and … 376 View
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What's Natural?

What’s Natural?

From: Are We Done Fighting?

This chapter examines the question of how humans naturally relate to violence, considering archeological, anthropological, biological and psychological evidence. The author asserts that the … 9 $0.90 Add
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When Hate Rises

When Hate Rises

From: Are We Done Fighting?

This chapter considers situations where hate emerges, and uses research to examine and clarify common understandings about why hate has emerged. He provides tips on how to respond to and confront … 16 $1.60 Add
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When Prevention Fails

When Prevention Fails

Protecting the Vulnerable

From: Disarming Conflict

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Whenever My Sore Heart Gets Hungry

Whenever My Sore Heart Gets Hungry

The Quest for Land

From: Pay No Heed to the Rockets

In this chapter, the author explores the evolution and current situation of the Palestinian poetry scene. He meets and talks to several poets living and working in Palestine. 49 $4.90 Add
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Who Benefits?

Who Benefits?

From: Are We Done Fighting?

This chapter brings a new, powerful question to frame conflict situations. The author looks at research that examines how and why we engage in conflict situations, and the surprising benefits of … 12 $1.20 Add
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Who's Dreaming?

Who’s Dreaming?

From: Are We Done Fighting?

This chapter provides clarity about how rarely violent conflict and war produce clearcut peaceful results, and how they can amplify the problems at hand rather than resolve them. Then it reminds … 8 $0.80 Add
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With Thought and Faith

With Thought and Faith

Henri Bourassa and the First World War

From: Worth Fighting For

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Human Rights

Human Rights

The impossible dream

From: The United Nations in the 21st Century

This chapter details how the UN navigates a divided world in it’s efforts to implement the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 9 $0.90 Add
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Working with the Brain in Mediation

Working with the Brain in Mediation

From: The Mediator's Toolkit

This chapter presents an outline of how we are biologically hardwired, and the implications of this learning for working safely with parties in mediation. It outlines the basic functions of each … 17 $1.70 Add
Worth Fighting For

Worth Fighting For

Canada’s Tradition of War Resistance from 1812 to the War on Terror

Historians, veterans, museums, and public education campaigns have all documented and commemorated the experience of Canadians in times of war. But Canada also has a long, rich, and important … ; ; 336 View
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Zero People of No Man's Land

Zero People of No Man’s Land

The Indo-Bangladesh Fence

From: Walls

This chapter focuses on the wall beween India and Bangladesh, exploring the history of partition and the history of this division and how it has increased divisions between countries, religions, … 27 $2.70 Add
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Zionism

Zionism

From: Israel, A Beachhead in the Middle East

Chapter Two focuses on the roots of political Zionism. Since its creation by Theodor Herzl, Zionism has envisaged a return to an imagined glorious past. The distinguishing feature of political … 11 $1.10 Add