Preparing For Peace

Author: John Paul Lederach
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 081562722X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 154

Book Description
Since the early 1980s John Paul Lederach has traveled worldwide as a mediation trainer and conflict resolution consultant. Currently the director of the International Conciliation Committee, he has worked with governments, justice departments, youth programs, and other groups in Latin America, the Philippines, Cambodia, as well as Asia and Africa. Lederach blends a special training method in mediation with a tradition derived from his work in development. Throughout the book, he uses anecdote and pertinent experiences to demonstrate his resolution techniques. With an emphasis on the exchange involved in negotiation, Lederach conveys the key to successful conflict resolution: understanding how to guide disputants, transform their conflicts, and launch a process that empowers them.

If You Want Peace, Prepare for Peace!: Moving from Preparing for War, to Preparing for Peace

Author: Michael M. Dediu
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781950999040
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : la
Pages : 152

Book Description
Just about 1625 years ago, during the Roman Emperor Flavius Theodosius Augustus, or Theodosius the Great, the Roman general Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, around 394, wrote in Latin the book "Epitoma Rei Militaris" or "De re militari" (Concerning Military Matters), in which he mentions "Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum", later simplified as "Si vis pacem, para bellum", which means "If you want peace, prepare for war".Well, after over 1625 years of wars after wars after wars, the over 7.7 billions of people on Earth demand a change: Si vis pacem, para PACEM! No need to translate, but if you insist: If you want peace, prepare for PEACE!On 24 November 2019 Pope Francis called for a 'world without nuclear weapons' during his Nagasaki visit.Using a lovely imaginary dialog between Sun and Earth, this book is exactly what we need to really prepare for peace, with clear and practical ideas, which will help the over 7.7 B people to have a Harmonious World, with Sustainable Peace, Freedom, Health, Friendship and Prosperity.

Military Psychiatry

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military psychiatry
Languages : en
Pages : 340

Book Description

Peace Jobs

Author: David J. Smith
Publisher: IAP
ISBN: 1681233320
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 206

Book Description
This book is a guide for college students exploring career options who are interested in working to promote peacebuilding and the resolution of conflict. High school students, particularly those starting to consider college and careers, can also benefit from this book. A major feature of the book is 30 stories from young professionals, most recently graduated from college, who are working in the field. These profiles provide readers with insight as to strategies they might use to advance their peacebuilding careers. The book speaks directly to the Millennial generation, recognizing that launching a career is a major focus, and that careers in the peace field have not always been easy to identify. As such, the book takes the approach that most any career can be a peacebuilding career provided one is willing to apply creativity and passion to their work. ENDORSEMENTS: The 30 profiles and other examples of career options across disciplines in Peace Jobs should be a required resource for all high school and college career offices. Packed with valuable realistic examples of how students, from a wide array of backgrounds, connected their passion with a paid career, it answers the ever present question “but what job can I get in peacebuilding”? Jennifer Batton Co-Chair, Peace Education Working Group and Chair, North America, Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict Coordinator, International Conference on Conflict Resolution Education If changing the world is your calling, David Smith offers the guiding framework to channel passions and talents into meaningful employment. In Peace Jobs, millennials and others can discover ways to apply their social conscience to traditional and transformative career opportunities. Tony Jenkins, PhD Director, Peace Education Initiative, The University of Toledo Managing Director, International Institute on Peace Education Coordinator, Global Campaign for Peace Education

Making Peace

Author: Jim Van Yperen
Publisher: Moody Publishers
ISBN: 0802480063
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 270

Book Description
Conflict abounds in the church of Jesus Christ. Reconciliation within the body, however, will not happen with the right 'method' or 'set of principles.' In Making Peace, readers are challenged to place their church and all of its dissension under the Lordship of Jesus Christ.

People, Peace and Power

Author: Diana Francis
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 284

Book Description
Written by a conflict resolution practitioner, this text discusses ways in which ordinary people are creating peace in violent societies such as Bosnia. Following introductory chapters on theories of conflict transformation are three case studies of dialogue workshops centering on the relationship between Serbia and Kosovo. The text is based upon Francis' doctoral thesis (2001, Bath U.). Distributed in the U.S. by Stylus. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Future Peace

Author: Robert H. Latiff
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Pess
ISBN: 0268201889
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 226

Book Description
Future Peace urges extreme caution in the adoption of new weapons technology and is an impassioned plea for peace from an individual who spent decades preparing for war. Today’s militaries are increasingly reliant on highly networked autonomous systems, artificial intelligence, and advanced weapons that were previously the domain of science fiction writers. In a world where these complex technologies clash with escalating international tensions, what can we do to decrease the chances of war? In Future Peace, the eagerly awaited sequel to Future War, Robert H. Latiff questions our overreliance on technology and examines the pressure-cooker scenario created by the growing animosity between the United States and its adversaries, our globally deployed and thinly stretched military, the capacity for advanced technology to catalyze violence, and the American public’s lack of familiarity with these topics. Future Peace describes the many provocations to violence and how technologies are abetting those urges, and it explores what can be done to mitigate not only dangerous human behaviors but also dangerous technical behaviors. Latiff concludes that peace is possible but will require intense, cooperative efforts on the part of technologists, military leaders, diplomats, politicians, and citizens. Future Peace amplifies some well-known ideas about how to address the issues, and provides far-, mid-, and short-term recommendations for actions that are necessary to reverse the apparent headlong rush into conflict. This compelling and timely book will captivate general readers, students, and scholars of global affairs, international security, arms control, and military ethics.

Prepare to Die

Author: Mark Bellows M DIV Lmft
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781662818455
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 212

Book Description
"Instructive ... Insightful ... Inspiring." Prepare to Die-Living with Purpose, Dying in Peace is a thought-provoking look at life and death that will cause you to pause and ponder frequently. Read it slowly and savor its wisdom. It is a concise but compelling book that will instill conviction and comfort as it dispels your misconceptions and fears about death. "Too many have built a house upon the sands of empty philosophies and sentimentalism," contends the author, "which provide little solace or serenity at death." This hope-filled book will be a compassion guide and a gentle companion for those wrestling with the questions of life and death. It contains timeless truths from Scripture, inspirational wisdom from influential voices throughout history, and therapeutic insights that will help the reader face death, and as a result live life more purposefully and passionately. Mark Bellows received his M.Div. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and did further study at Adler's Graduate School of Psychology to be licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist. Mark has served as the pastor at Hope Community Church and as the chaplain for a police department for 30 years. He also has a private therapy practice. Search online at preparetodie.org

No Man's Land

Author: Elizabeth D. Samet
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 0374709017
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 198

Book Description
As the post-9/11 wars wind down, a literature professor at West Point explores what it means for soldiers, and our country, to be caught between war and peace. In her critically acclaimed, award-winning book Soldier's Heart, Elizabeth D. Samet grappled with the experience of teaching literature at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Now, with No Man's Land, Samet contends that we are entering a new moment: a no man's land between war and peace. Major military deployments are winding down, but soldiers are wrestling with the aftermath of war and the trials of returning home while also facing the prospect of low-intensity conflicts for years to come. Drawing on a range of experiences-from a visit to a ward of wounded combat veterans to correspondence with former cadets, from a conference on Edith Wharton and wartime experience to teaching literature and film to future officers-Samet illuminates an ambiguous passage through no man's land that has left deep but difficult-to-read traces on our national psyche, our culture, our politics, and, most especially, an entire generation of military professionals. In No Man's Land, Elizabeth D. Samet offers a moving, urgent examination of what it means to negotiate the tensions between war and peace, between "over there" and "over here"-between life on the front and life at home. She takes the reader on a vivid tour of this new landscape, marked as much by the scars of war as by the ordinary upheavals of homecoming, to capture the essence of our current historical moment.

The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace

Author: Jeff Hobbs
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 147673190X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 416

Book Description
A biography of a young African-American man who escaped the slums of Newark for Yale University only to succumb to the dangers of the streets when he returned home.