UNDERSTANDING PEACE

Understanding Peace: A Comprehensive Introduction fills the need for an original, contemporary examination of peace that is challeng ing, informative, and empowering. This well-researched, fully documented, and highly accessible textbook moves beyond fixation on wa r to highlight the human capacity for nonviolent cooperation in everyday life and in conflict situations. After deconstructing numer ous ideas about war and explaining its heavy costs to humans, animals, and the environment, discussion turns to evidence for the exi stence o...[Read more]