The Iraq War and its consequences : thoughts of Nobel Peace laureates and eminent scholars / editors, Irwin Abrams, Wang Gungwu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Abrams, Irwin, 1914-2010.

Wang, Gungwu.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iraq War, 2003-2011--Influence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (456 p.)

Other Title:

Thoughts of Nobel Peace laureates and eminent scholars

Place of Publication:

River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An extraordinary collection of essays on the recently concluded Iraq War by Nobel Peace laureates and leading scholars. The Iraq War and its Consequences is the First and Only book that brings together more than 30 Nobel Peace laureates and eminent scholars to offer opinions, analyses and insights on the war that has drawn both widespread opposition and strong support.In this intellectually captivating book, Professor Irwin Abrams, considered the leading authority world-wide on the history of the Nobel Peace Prize and Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at Antioch University,

Contents:

Copyright; Foreword; Introduction; Contents; Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet; Rt. Hon. David Trimble; Jody Williams; Jose Ramos-Horta; Sir Joseph Rotblat; Frederik Willem de Klerk; Mairead Corrigan Magurie; Peter Hansen; Mary Ellen McNish; Brian Phillips, Ph.D.; Cora Weiss; Christian Dominice; Wars of Terror - Noam Chomsky; Rumors of War - Joseph Stiglitz; The Hidden Costs of War - William D Hartung with Ceara Donnelley; What Future for the UN Charter System of War Prevention? Reflections on the Iraq War - Richard Falk

Iraq: Educational Renewal for an Arab Renaissance? - Sir John Daniel Warning from History: Why Iraq is Not Japan - John W. Dower; Kirkuk: An Eyewitness Account - Eric Stover; Lifting the Fog of War; Is the Human Rights Era Over? Reflections on the Asia-Pacific Post-September 11th - Rosemary Foot, Ph.D.; Dealing with Rights-Abusing Regimes Without Going to War - Helena Cobban; Alternatives to War on Iraq, North Korea and Iran - Frank N. von Hippel; Missing in Action: The Iraq Museum and the Human Past - Benjamin R. Foster

Reflections on the Looting of the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad - Colin Renfrew End of a Dictator - Faleh A. Jabar; Iraq: Collective Punishment in War and Peace - Mahmood Mamdani; Multilateral Organizations After the U.S.-Iraq War - Lisa L. Martin; War Talk - Robin Tolmach Lakoff; Multilateralism and American Power - Roland Paris; Moral Courage and Civil Society: Lessons from Yugoslavia - Svetlana Broz; The Iraq War and the Dialogue Among Civilizations - Akira Iriye; A Sermon of Sorrow - Bishop Gunnar Stalsett; A Memorial Service on the UN Tragedy - Bishop Gunnar Stalsett

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786611871734

9781281871732

1281871737

9789812387554

9812387552

OCLC:

57241929