Nonkilling History: Shaping Policy with Lessons from the Past
by Antony Adolf (ed.)
Publisher: Center for Global Nonkilling 2010
ISBN/ASIN: 0982298358
ISBN-13: 9780982298350
Number of pages: 293
Description:
The surprise insight from Nonkilling History is that what did not happen explains why humanity lives today. This turns upside down understanding of history as the story of the victory of righteous or reprehensible human violence in struggles to satisfy human aspirations, wants, and needs.
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