A nun, a bishop, and a member of the Canadian Parliament candidly assess the state of the Roman Catholic Church since Vatican II. This sometimes controversial discussion includes the role of women in the Church, human sexuality, poverty, world peace, the spiraling war on drugs, and the destruction of the environment.

In the Eye of the Catholic Storm: The Church Since Vatican II

Roche, Douglas

Leddy, Mary Jo

De Roo, Remi J.

Creal, Michael

Religion & Spirituality

Harpercollins

With this timely and illuminating book, Douglas Roche has again demonstrated that he is one of the most perceptive and prophetic harbingers of the new world order and of the indispensable role of the United Nations in achieving it.

A Bargain for Humanity: Global Security by 2000

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

University of Alberta Press

In this compelling book, respected lawyer and Native rights advocate Thomas Berger surveys the history of the Americas since their "discovery" by Christopher Columbus in 1492. His accounts of the slaughter and disenfranchisement of indigenous people throughout North, Central and South American reveal a searing pattern of almost unimaginable duplicity and inhumanity. But as A Long and Terrible Shadow makes clear, Native peoples have defied the odds, waging a tenacious struggle to survive and to re-emerge as distinct cultures. As Native Voices demand action and Native land claims take their rightful place on the political agenda, this book provides a focus for crucial debate.

A long and terrible shadow: White values, native rights in the Americas, 1492-1992

Berger, Thomas R.

Social Sciences

Douglas&McIntyre

The record of the proceedings of a public inquiry into the role of the Arctic in international peace and security. Contributors from a broad range of backgrounds present issues on the Arctic's future. Questions discussed include "What alternatives do we have?" and "What can we do as individuals?"

The Arctic: Choices for Peace and Security : Proceedings of a Public Meeting

History

Military

Gordon Soules Book Pub

Recovery: Peace Prospects in the Biden Era

Constitutional Law

Khalid Yaqub

A world without war: this is the vision that Douglas Roche has pursued for decades. A long-time Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament, Canadian ambassador for disarmament, and later a senator, Roche has been in the thick of international affairs for more than forty years. Though few of us realize it, today the world is more peaceful than in past centuries. Death and destruction due to war have diminished dramatically in the past two decades. This is no accident -- it is the cumulative result of the work of the world's peacemakers. Sometimes in public, often behind the scenes, talented high achievers are waging a campaign for peace that is in ascendance over the warlike intentions of the arms industry, military generals, and aggressive government leaders. Neither Roche nor the peacemakers shy away from the thorniest issues the world faces -- including the threat posed by nuclear weapons, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and multiple threats of genocidal violence. Roche shows how new ideas like the responsibility to protect innocent civilians from genocide or armed attack by their own government, and new institutions like the International Criminal Court are moving the world along the path to the end of war. To tell this story, Roche profiles some leading peacemakers of our time and the work they are doing, and also interviews keen observers of world politics who offer informed commentary on the work of the peacemakers. You will meet former prime ministers and foreign ministers, senior UN officials, religious figures, women's organization leaders and activists. Few are household names. Roche documents the many successes of the past two decades in reducing conflict in the world, and in creating structures and institutions which are making war less likely and more difficult for states to initiate. With a Resources section of websites, books and films.

Peacemakers: How people around the world are building a world free of war

Reference

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Lorimer

Building Global Security: Agenda for the 1990's

Sociology

Seven Hills Books

The Ultimate Evil: The Fight to Ban Nuclear Weapons

Foreword: Fear and Madness in a Dance of DeathJudge Mohammed Bedjaoui, former President,International Court of JusticeIntroduction: A New Sense of UrgencyPART ONE: The Greatest Threat to Humanity's Survival1. An

More than half a century after atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a new effort is being made to persuade the nations of the world to rid themselves of nuclear weapons. This book presents the case for a worldwide ban on nuclear weapons. Demystifying the jargon surrounding the subject of nuclear disarmament, the book explains the political, strategic, economic, and legal reasons for many nations' involvement with nuclear weapons, and sets out the ethical and political reasons for banning them. The Ultimate Evil: The Fight to Ban Nuclear Weapons describes the key events of the disarmament campaign and shows how the goal of disarmament can be reached.

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