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United States foreign policy and the prospects for peace education / Carl Mirra ; with forewords by Johan Galtung and Staughton Lynd.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mirra, Carl.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Peace--Study and teaching--United States.
- Peace.
- Peace--Study and teaching.
- International relations.
- United States.
- United States--Foreign relations--Study and teaching.
- United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.
- United States--Foreign relations--1989-.
- Physical Description:
- x, 226 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2008]
- Summary:
- "U.S. policies toward diplomatic peace education are coming under increasing scrutiny. This book evaluates the prospects for effective U.S. peace education in the context of post-1945 U.S. foreign policy"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The tasks of peace education
- The contours of U.S. foreign policy : a critical peace education perspective
- Unacknowledged guilt and U.S. militarism
- George W. Bush and the resurrection of the chosenness syndrome after September 11 : a unique challenge for peace education
- The war on "terrorism," Iraq and the challenges for peace education
- The International Criminal Court as a peace educator : a challenge for the United States
- Toward a critical peace pedagogy of nonviolent tension.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-220) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786433216
- 0786433213
- OCLC:
- 173241109
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