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Eleanor Roosevelt's stirring call for peace in the face of rising fascism. We will have to want peace, want it enough to pay for it, pay for it in our own behavior and in material ways. In 1938, with fascist regimes gaining strength and global tensions on the rise, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt published a visionary plan for achieving world peace. This Troubled World offers a clear-eyed assessment of the political climate in the aftermath of World...
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Si bien existen algunas investigaciones sobre construcción de paz desde procesos locales, este tema ha sido poco desarrollado. Mediante un trabajo de reflexión interdisciplinar, esta obra busca definir las instituciones comunitarias para la paz (ICPP) en Colombia, sus componentes y características, y debatir sobre las funciones que cumplen en contextos de conflicto y de violencia en el país. Esta investigación concentró su análisis en experiencias...
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In a world facing convergent crises-where authoritarianism spreads, climate change accelerates, and violent conflict surges-an urgent call echoes through these pages.
Drawing insights from research and practice, this volume reveals the indispensable role of popular nonviolent movements-using tactics such as strikes, boycotts, protest, and other acts of noncooperation-to counter these crises. It further offers insights into how institutional allies...
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Il commence avec l'attentat de Paris et prend ses arguments du COP 21 un mois plus tard et ses mirifiques accords mondiaux. Je crois peu à sa mise en œuvre et la suite brode sur l'avenir de la Terre en cas d'échec justement.
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C'est à la naissance de ses petits-enfants que Guy Aymard s'est mis à l'écriture. Ses récits sont inspirés de ses expériences d'ancien militaire, de ses jugements. Ils sont également le fruit...
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War has been institutionalized. Giant military industries, formed from thousands of companies and employers, ensure that every old generation of war profiteers is replaced by a new one. Admirals, generals and senior defense officials demand that trillions of dollars are funneled every year into the coffers of arms companies. People, whose careers depend on the cycle of arms and warfare, insist that any break in funding is some kind of betrayal or...
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Mohandas K. Gandhi opposed the 1947 partition of British India that created two independent states of India and Pakistan, as he believed that partition politics, rooted in the psychology of othering, would turn South Asia into a near permanent conflict zone. His apprehension was not without basis. The psychology of othering that engendered partition continues to manifest itself in multiple ways, including, but not limited to, interstate wars and communal...
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When crises occur, citizens, media and policymakers alike expect government to respond and to take a leading role in recovery. Given the scale and scope of crises, whether natural (such as hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes), manmade (such as conflict and economic downturns), or often a combination of the two, governments are often seen as being in the best position to identify the problems, understand the circumstances, and direct action. They are...
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Minding our own business, while leaving other peoples to mind theirs, was the basis of the United States' successful foreign policy from 1815 to 1910. Best described in the works of John Quincy Adams and carried out by his successors throughout the nineteenth century, this is the foreign policy by which America grew prosperous and in peace. This policy also remains the commonsense philosophy of most Americans today.
America's Rise and Fall among Nations...
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The Pentagon currently spends around $1.4 billion per year on recruiting and hundreds of millions annually on other marketing initiatives intended to convince the public to enlist-costly efforts to ensure a steady stream of new soldiers. The most important part of this effort is the Pentagon's decades-long drive to win over the teenage mind by establishing a beachhead in American high schools and colleges.
Breaking the War Habit provides an original...
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