UID:
almafu_9960177621302883
Format:
1 online resource (317 p.)
ISBN:
0-19-161169-7
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0-19-180445-2
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1-283-42660-9
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9786613426604
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0-19-161168-9
Content:
Human progress and prosperity depend on a peaceful environment, and most people have always sought to live in peace, yet our perception of the past is dominated too often by a narrative that is obsessed with war. In this ground breaking study, former Guardian journalist John Gittings demolishes the myth that peace is dull and that war is in our genes, and opens an alternative window on history to show the strength of the case for peace which has been argued from ancient times onwards.Beginning with a new analysis of the treatment of peace in Homer's Iliad, he explores the powerful arguments ag
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; Contents; List of Plates; Introduction; 1. The Perception of Peace and War; The language of peace and war; The statistics of peace and war; The benefits of peace and war; The anthropology of peace and war; Minoan peace? A case study; 2. Ancient Peace: From Homer to the Warring States; Peace and war in the Iliad; Peace and war in the Chinese classics; Peace and war in the city-states; Peace and war in the Warring States; 3. The Morality of Peace: From Jesus to the Crusades; Pacifism in the early Christian Church; St Augustine and Just War; Peace and war in the Middle Ages
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Pax dei and the popular voiceOpposition to the Crusades; 4. The Humanist Approach: Erasmus and Shakespeare; Erasmus: the peace pioneer; Juan Luis Vives; Erasmus and Machiavelli; Shakespeare on peace and war; Two problem plays; 5. The Growth of Peace Consciousness: From the Enlightenment to The Hague; Peace and the Enlightenment; The birth of the peace societies; The humanitarian impulse; The Hague Conference and beyond; 6. Alternatives to War: The League of Nations and Non-violence; High hopes for the League; The World Disarmament Conference; The Peace Ballot; The 'failure' of the League
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The non-violent alternative7. The Misappropriation of Peace: From the UN to the Cold War; The founding of the UN; Peace as propaganda; Missed opportunities; Obstacles to understanding; 8. Giving Peace a Chance: From the Cold War to Iraq; The peace movement revival; Banning the bomb; The 1990s: the missing peace dividend; The 'failure' of the UN; Towards the Iraq War; Conclusion: Peace in the Twenty-First Century; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-957576-2
Language:
English
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