Peace Advocacy in the Shadow of War

For peace advocates a corollary to Clausewitz's dictum that "war is politics by other means" might be that other politics could prevent war. By highlighting both individual peace advocates and antiwar/peace organizations from World War I through the wars of the 21st century, the chapters will provide insights into how these individuals and organizations articulated their opposition to and mobilized against specific wars and international/regional conflicts. Organized roughly in chronological order, each chapter will illuminate the socio-historical conditions under which such peace advocacy contested state aggression and armed combat at the national and/or transnational levels. Beyond understanding the specific socio-historical circumstances within which these antiwar and peace advocates and organizations operated and their resultant achievements and failures, the book as a whole will examine the kind of politics that perpetuate war and those that offer a challenge to that perpetuation. Scholars, students, and the general public interested in the history of modern and contemporary wars, peace and conflict studies, and ethical/political perspectives in the 20th and 21st centuries should find much to reflect upon in this book.

1. Introduction: Study War No More? . - 2. Einstein s Lifetime Pacifism. - 3. Alice Herz: A Fiery Martyr for Peace. - 4. Beyond Vietnam: Deconstructing Dr. King s Riverside Address. - 5. Cindy Sheehan: From Grieving Mother to Peace Advocate. - 6. Wobblies Against War: The U. S. and Australian IWW Campaigns Against WWI. - 7. Draft Resistance and the Vietnam Era Antiwar Movement. - 8. Reagan s Proxy War on Nicaragua and Witness for Peace. - 9 Women s Peace Camps: From Greenham Common to Seneca and Beyond. - 10. Conclusion. - 11. Epilogue.