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THE GLORIOUS ART OF PEACE
From the Iliad to Iraq
Oxford University Press,
2012
'We need all the insights collected in Gittings's
impressive book and more, enriching our culture with more capacity to cooperate, empathize, reconcile and resolve conflict.
Violence and war are often symptoms of underlying, unresolved traumas and conflicts. Identify them, solve them: incompatibilities
are challenges to make changes that accommodate compatibility. An art, yes, but it can be learnt. Glorious, for sure. And
feasible, when we add Gittings's optimism.' (Johan Galtung, International Affairs)
'Many of our cherished assumptions about war
and peace are challenged in this ambitious and refreshing book.' (The Tablet )
'This comprehensive history of the arts of peace was an ambitious undertaking that has resulted in a
fine study.' (Irish Times )
'An original re-appraisal of history which opens up the prospect of a new, pacific, world order.' (Corriere della Sera )
'An ambitious overview
of the perceptions of peace from ancient times to the present... Recommended.' (Choice: American Library Association)
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Human progress and prosperity depend on a peaceful environment, yet our perception of the past
is dominated too often by a narrative that is obsessed with war. 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. It needs to be asserted even more loudly today as the world faces multiple global
challenges.
New article: 'The Narrative of Peace: What we can learn from the history of
peace thought', Oxford Research Group, August 2012.
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