This work shows how the Peace Movement in the USA in the 1980s was composed of small, scattered and meanly-funded organisations. It describes how these activists combatted the US government's military build-up by using tactics normally associated with polite interest groups.
This work shows how the Peace Movement in the USA in the 1980s was composed of small, scattered and meanly-funded organisations. It describes how thes...
An account of the tradition of literature dealing with non-violence in the United States, from the 17th to the 20th century. Beginning with Quakers of the 1680s, through the Sanctuary Movement and Plowshares of the 1980s, various novelists and poets, including Hawthorne and Whitman, are discussed.
An account of the tradition of literature dealing with non-violence in the United States, from the 17th to the 20th century. Beginning with Quakers of...
This work fuses the issues of human rights in the intense inter-ethnic conflict in the West Bank and Gaza with the political debate over the status of the occupied Palestinian territories.
This work fuses the issues of human rights in the intense inter-ethnic conflict in the West Bank and Gaza with the political debate over the status of...
A study of unarmed peacekeeping, focusing on Gandhi's Shanti Sena, which was active during the period 1957 to 1975. It is based on interviews with key participants and analysts of the peace army and archival documents. It draws parallels with the complex situation in today's UN.
A study of unarmed peacekeeping, focusing on Gandhi's Shanti Sena, which was active during the period 1957 to 1975. It is based on interviews with key...
Drawing on archive material and oral history, Robbie Lieberman illustrates how grassroots peace activism in the USA became associated with Communist subversion after World War II, enabling proponents of the Cold War to virtually silence the opposition until the early 1960s.
Drawing on archive material and oral history, Robbie Lieberman illustrates how grassroots peace activism in the USA became associated with Communist s...