The Battle for Peace

The Battle for Peace
Author: Juan Manuel Santos
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Total Pages: 472
Release: 2021-04-28
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 070063066X

This is the comprehensive account of the long and difficult road traveled to end the fifty-year armed conflict with the FARC, the oldest guerrilla army in the world; a long war that left more than eight million victims. The obstacles to peace were both large and dangerous. All previous attempts to negotiate with the FARC had failed, creating an environment where differences were irreconcilable and political will was scarce. The Battle for Peace is the story not only of the six years of negotiation and the peace process that transformed a country, its secret contacts, its international implications, and difficulties and achievements but also of the two previous decades in which Colombia oscillated between warlike confrontation and negotiated solution. In The Battle for Peace Juan Manuel Santos shares the lessons he learned about war and peace and how to build a successful negotiation process in the context of a nation that had all but resigned itself to war and the complexities of twenty-first-century international law and diplomacy. While Santos is clear that there is no handbook for making peace, he offers conflict-tested guidance on the critical parameters, conditions, and principles as well as rich detail on the innovations that made it possible for his nation to find common ground and a just solution.

The Battle for Peace

The Battle for Peace
Author: Tony Zinni
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2015-06-16
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1250088119

Now a New York Times Bestseller! Tony Zinni has served on the frontlines of war and peace--as a Marine in Vietnam, commander of troops in the Middle East, and diplomatic envoy. His wealth of experience provides fascinating insight into how the world works and a sweeping vision of America's role in it. Zinni argues that the roots of the world's growing turmoil are not being addressed and that America's aggressive confidence is making it worse--with potentially devastating implications for the safety of Americans. From the foxhole to the White House, Zinni's first-hand experience informs his view of how America can promote a more stable and peaceful world through realism and pragmatic cooperation with other peoples and states.

In Battle for Peace

In Battle for Peace
Author: William Edward Burghardt Du Bois
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2007
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199386889

W. E. B. Du Bois was a public intellectual, sociologist, and activist on behalf of the African American community. He profoundly shaped black political culture in the United States through his founding role in the NAACP, as well as internationally through the Pan-African movement. Du Bois's sociological and historical research on African-American communities and culture broke ground in many areas, including the history of the post-Civil War Reconstruction period. Du Bois was also a prolific author of novels, autobiographical accounts, innumerable editorials and journalistic pieces, and several works of history. One of the most neglected and obscure books by W. E. B. Du Bois, In Battle for Peace frankly documents Du Bois's experiences following his attempts to mobilize Americans against the emerging conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. A victim of McCarthyism, Du Bois endured a humiliating trial-he was later acquitted-and faced political persecution for over a decade. Part autobiography and part political statement, In Battle for Peace remains today a powerful analysis of race in America. With a series introduction by editor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and an introduction by Manning Marable, this edition is essential for anyone interested in African American history.

Fighting for Peace

Fighting for Peace
Author: Dennis D. Morgan
Publisher: Watertree Press LLC
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2009
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0978718607

Conflict in relationships is a fact of life. When people are around each other there is not only the potential for conflict, but there is going to be conflict in some form, to some extent, at some time. Rather than fearing conflict, Dr. Dennis Morgan encourages readers to see conflict as an invitation from God to strengthen relational closeness. Fighting for Peace will challenge you to consider your personal relationship with God, to more fully know and examine yourself, and to move toward others in humility - combating conflict with character.

The Fight for Peace

The Fight for Peace
Author: Eamonn Mallie
Publisher: William Heinemann
Total Pages: 426
Release: 1996
Genre: History
ISBN:

This is an authoritative behind-the-scenes insight into the ceasefire in Northern Ireland. The author uses his extensive insider's knowledge to reveal how Hume, Clinton, Major and others persuaded the IRA to abandon violence for politics.

War and Peace and War

War and Peace and War
Author: Peter Turchin
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 405
Release: 2007
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780452288195

Argues that the key to the formation of an empire lies in a society's capacity for collective action, resulting from people banding together to confront a common enemy, and describing how the growth of empires leads to a growing dichotomy between rich and poor, increasing conflict instead of cooperation, and inevitable dissolution. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

War and Peace and IT

War and Peace and IT
Author: Mark Schwartz
Publisher: IT Revolution
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2019-05-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 194278872X

The Business-IT Wall Must Come Down With A Seat at the Table, thought leader Mark Schwartz pulled out a chair for CIOs at the C-suite table. Now Mark brings his unique perspective and experience to business leaders looking to lead their company into the digital age by harnessing the expertise and innovation that is already under their roof: IT. In the war for business supremacy, Schwartz shows we must throw out the old management models and stereotypes that pit suits against nerds. Instead, business leaders of today can foster a space of collaboration and shared mission, a space that puts technologists and business people on the same team. For business leaders looking to unlock their enterprise's digital transformation, War and Peace and IT provides clear context and strategies. Schwartz demystifies the role IT plays in the modern enterprise, allowing business leaders to create new strategies for the new digital battleground. It is time to change not only the enterprise's relationship with technology, but its relationship with technologists. To accelerate, enterprises must bring technology to the heart of their work, for just as technology is causing this disruption, it is technology that provides the solution. Unlike Napoleon, it is time for business leaders to come down from the hill atop the Battle of Borodino and enter the fray with the technologists, for that is where the war will be won or lost.

A Savage War of Peace

A Savage War of Peace
Author: Alistair Horne
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Total Pages: 565
Release: 2012-08-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 1447233433

Thoroughly sharp and honest treatment of a brutal conflict.The Algerian War (1954-1962) was a savage colonial war, killing an estimated one million Muslim Algerians and expelling the same number of European settlers from their homes. It was to cause the fall of six French prime minsters and the collapse of the Fourth Repbulic. It came close to bringing down de Gaulle and - twice - to plunging France into civil war.The story told here contains heroism and tragedy, and poses issues of enduring relevance beyond the confines of either geography or time. Horne writes with the extreme intelligence and perspicacity that are his trademarks.

On Combat

On Combat
Author: Dave Grossman
Publisher: Ppct Research Publications
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2007
Genre: Psychology
ISBN:

Looks at the effect of deadly battle on the body and mind and offers new research findings to help prevent lasting adverse effects.

Peace After the Final Battle

Peace After the Final Battle
Author: John Dorney
Publisher:
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2020
Genre: Ireland
ISBN: 9781848407800

An engaging history of the Irish revolutionary period, now in paperback for the first time.