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OVERVIEWLiving Beyond War by Winslow Myers. (2009). Orbis Press, 165 pages. Because our small planet has become so interconnected, war, especially nuclear war, has become obsolete. The "ends justify the means" paradigm doesn’t lead to real global security. By accepting that our means are our ends in the making, this book explores hopeful, practical ways that we can resolve conflicts without violence and address human needs directly.
WAR IS OBSOLETE
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e Seventh Decade: The New Shape of Nuclear Danger by Jonathan Schell. 2007. Metropolitan Books, 272 pages. Schell elegantly describes how our policies have provoked proliferation in Iran, North Korea, and elsewhere, exacerbated global trafficking in nuclear weapons, and taken the world into an era of unchecked nuclear terror.
The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss. 1984 (A New York Times Notable Book of the Year). Random House Books for Young Readers, 56 pages. The Yooks and the Zooks escalate their conflict from slingshots to sophisticated weaponry. With great humor, Dr. Seuss chronicles how easy it is to reach the point where each group has the power to destroy the earth.THE MEANS ARE THE ENDS IN THE MAKING
Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. 2006. Viking/Penguin, 368 pages. Captivating and suspenseful, this book describes how Mortenson was sheltered for seven weeks by the small Pakistani village of Korphe. In return, he promised to build the impoverished town's first school, a project which has since constructed more than 70 schools across rural Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The Search for a Nonviolent Future: A Promise of Peace for Ourselves, Our Families and Our World by Michael N. Nagler. 2004. New World Library, 336 pages. Beginning with the achievements of Mahatma Gandhi, and following the legacy of nonviolence through the struggles against Nazism in Europe, racism in America, oppression in China and Latin America, and ethnic conflicts in Africa and Bosnia, Michael Nagler unveils how nonviolence has proven its power against arms and social injustice wherever it has been correctly understood and applied.
Speak Peace in a World of Conflict: What You Say Next Will Change Your World by Marshall B. Rosenberg. 2005. Puddledancer Press, 240 pages. Using the techniques of Nonviolent Communication, Rosenberg suggests practical strategies for creating social change and mediating disputes. This book offers exercises and practices designed to immediately implement the theory and make it practical at all levels of human interaction from the personal to the international.
The Third Side: Why We Fight and How We Can Stop by William L. Ury. 2000. Penguin, 272 pages. It takes two sides to fight, but a third to stop. Distilling the lessons of two decades of experience in family struggles, labor strikes, and wars, he presents a bold new strategy for preventing destructive conflict. (first titled Getting to Peace)
Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism. by Muhammad Yunus and Karl Weber. 2008. Public Affairs, 296 pages. Creating a World Without Poverty tells the stories of some of the earliest examples of social businesses, including Yunus's own Grameen Bank. It reveals the next phase in a hopeful economic and social revolution that is already under way—and in the worldwide effort to eliminate poverty by unleashing the productive energy of every human being.If you have any suggestions, email our online shopkeeper team to let us know.
