Book Reviews
Ricks' Fiasco Reviewed by Gail Presbey
Presbey, Gail. ” ‘Fruit of a Poisoned Tree’: Review of Thomas E. Ricks, Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq (Penguin, 2006),” Newsletter of the Concerned Philosophers for Peace, Vol. 26.2 (Fall 2006)
This book, found in the Military History section of many bookstores, is an excellent account of the strategic mistakes of the Bush [...]
Buying Moral Victory by Ruth Lucier
Lucier, Ruth, “Buying Moral Victory: Review of P.W. Singer, Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry (Cornell University Press, 2003),” Newsletter of the Concerned Philosophers for Peace, Vol. 26 (Spring – Summer 2006).
I grew up hearing about the Military Industrial Complex in a home with parents who believed that almost all wars are [...]
Can Peace be Taught? by Greg Moses
Moses, Greg, “A Review of Robert L Holmes and Barry L. Gan, Nonviolence in Theory and Practice, 2nd Ed.(Long Grove, Ill: Waveland Press, 2005),” Newsletter of the Concerned Philosophers for Peace, Vol. 26 (Spring – Summer 2006)
In this much expanded second edition, new co-editor Barry L. Gan joins Robert L. Holmes to produce a collection [...]
Hedges and Gilligan Reviewed by Duane Cady
Cady, Duane (Hamline Univ., MN). “America at War: A Review of Chris Hedges; War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning; New York: Public Affairs, 2002; and James Gilligan; Violence: Reflections on a National Epidemic; New York: Vintage Books, 1996.” CPP Newsletter Vol. 24, No. 1 (Spring-Summer 2004).
Chris Hedges, long time war correspondent [...]
Santoni's Sartre on Violence by Ruth Lucier
Lucier, Ruth (Bennett College, NC) “Violence of Ambiguity: A Review of Ronald E. Santoni; Sartre on Violence: Curiously Ambivalent”; The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2003. CPP Newsletter Vol. 24, No. 1 (Spring-Summer 2004).
Today, those who are concerned to promote peace are bombarded with paradoxical views of violence. One and the same act [...]