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Key/recommended texts
New and recent publications
Topic 1: Pacifism and nonviolence
Topic 2: Gandhi, Martin Luther King, etc
Topic 3: Peace education
Topic 4: Peace research
Topic 5: Women and peace
Topic 6: Lifestyles and religious
Topic 7: Disarmament, arms race
Topic 8: Nuclear and other WMDs
Topic 9: Arms trade
Topic 10: Specific wars
Topic 11: "Terrorism" [Classification not yet available]
Topic 12: Peace movement history
Topic 13: Miscellaneous topics
Topic 14: General peace issues
Topic 15: Relevant fiction and poetry
Topic 16: Journals [Classification not yet available]
Topic 17: Reference [Classification not yet available]
NEW AND RECENT PUBLICATIONS
This list highlights items which have been published, re-published, re-issued,
or which have become newly available, within the last couple of years. Titles
shown here are also generally included in the relevant topic list.
Beyond Terror - The Truth About the Real Threats to Our World, Chris Abbot, Paul Rogers
& John Sloboda (Rider Books, London, 2007), pbk £4.99
An updated version of Global Responses to Global Threats, published by the Oxford
Research Group in 2006.
Disarmament Diplomacy No 86 Autumn 2007 (Acronym Institute), £2.00
Army of None - Strategies to Counter Military Recruitment, End War, and Build a Better
World, Aimee Allison and David Solnit (Seven Stories Press, New York, USA, 2007) pbk
£8.99
Does what it says on the tin, though some of the tactics need adaption for use in a non-US
context. But many of the insights are universal.
The Impact of Guns on Women's Lives (Amnesty International / IANSA / Oxfam International,
2005), £7.50
Whose Priorities? - A guide for campaigners on military and social spending, Colin Archer
(International Peace Bureau, Geneva, 2007), pbk £7.50
An excellent manual covering both the arguments and how to campaign about them, with
plenty of examples from campaigns in different countries.
The Future of Terror - A 21st Century Handbook, Frank Barnaby (Granta Books, London,
2007), pbk £9.99
Frank Barnaby examines terrorism past, present and future, showing how we have
come to our present situation and reviewing the limits of "counter-terrorism".
Stop the Next War Now - Effective Responses to Violence and Terrorism, (Eds) Medea
Benjamin and Jodie Evans (Inner Ocean Publishing, Maui, Hawaii, USA, 2005), pbk £10.99
An anthology edited by the founders of the US women's peace movement Codepink.
Whispers of Faith - Young Friends share their experiences of Quakerism, (Eds) W Geoffrey
Black, P Zion Klos, Clare Reddy, Milam Smith and Rachel Stacy (Quaker Books, UK /
Quaker Press, USA, 2005), pbk £6.00
England's Hour, Vera Brittain (Continuum, 2005), £9.99
A new edition of this classic, impassioned reportage by one of the most acclaimed pacifist
writers of the Second World War, first published in 1941.
One Voice: Pacifist Writings from the Second World War, Vera Brittain (Continuum, 2005),
£7.99 (currently reduced from £9.99)
This book reprints, for the first time, Vera Brittain's 1942 Humilitation with Honour, and
her 1944 denunciation of the Allies' policy of saturation bombing, Seed of Chaos.
Martin Luther King Jr - A Biography, Roger Bruns (Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut,
USA, 2006), hbk £16.95
Neither Victims nor Executioners, Albert Camus (Ourside, Stroud, 2005), pmphlt £3.00
The Political Theory of Global Citizenship, April Carter (Routledge, 2006), pbk £20.00
Considers how metropolitanism relates to ideological and philosophical strands of moral
and political thought.
People Power and Protest Since 1945: A Bibliography of Nonviolent Action, April Carter,
Howard Clark and Michael Randle (Housmans, 2006), pbk £8.50
Annotated listing of almost 1000 sources - an essential for both serious activists and
researchers. Now includes a 2007 Supplement.
Trident - Nuclear Proliferation the British Way The Spokesman No 98, (ed) Ken Coates
(Spokesman, Nottingham, 2008), pbk £5.00
From Where We Stand: War, Women's Activism and Feminist Analysis, Cynthia Cockburn
(Zed Books, London, 2007), pbk £17.99
Beyond the National Interest: The Future of UN Peacekeeping and Multilateralism in an
Era of US Primacy, Jean-Marc Coicaud (United States Institute of Peace Press,
Washington DC, USA, 2007), pbk £9.99
Gandhi and Beyond: Nonviolence for an Age of Terrorism, David Cortright (Paradigm
Publishers, Boulder, Colorado, USA, 2006), pbk £16.99
Expounds some of the "big themes" of nonviolent activism - an interesting mixture of
historical coverage and setting out some principles of nonviolent action. However, only
a small proportion of the book deals directly with applying these ideas to the current
world situation.
The Fragile Voice of Love, Adam Curle (Jon Carpenter Publishing, Charlbury,
Oxfordshire, 2006), pbk £11.99
Adam Curle, who died only months after this was published, was an academic as well
as a behind-the-scenes mediator in various international conflicts. Here, he looks at
the psychological consequences of a non-peaceful way of life.
Questioning Globalized Militarism: Nuclear and Military Production and Critical Economic
Theory, Peter Custers (Merlin Press, Monmouth, 2007) pbk £25.00
This study highlights the importance of the production and consumption of arms as a
form of social waste within the capitalist world order.
Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weapons: The Dangerous Dynamic of Nuclear Revival (East
Midlands CND, 2008), pmphlt, £0.50
This slight pamphlet provides an excellent, concise round-up of reasons to oppose the
government's plan to restart the development of nuclear power generation in Britain and
looks at the links with its plans for a new generation of nuclear weapons.
Sexual Decoys - Gender, Race and War in Imperial Democracy, Zillah Eisenstein (Zed Books,
2007), pbk £14.99
This book draws us into the profoundly complex gendered politics of war, illuminating
the contradictions of a war waged in the name of spreading democracy.
Transforming Conflict: Communication and Ethnopolitical Conflict, Donald G Ellis (Rowman
& Littlefield, Maryland, USA, 2006), £14.99
We Will Not Fight... - The Untold Story of the First World War's Conscientious Objectors,
Will Ellsworth-Jones (Aurum Press, London, 2008), hbk £18.99
Naming the Dead: A Serious Crime, Maya Anne Evans with Milan Rai (JNV Publications,
St Leonards on Sea, Sussex, 2006), pbk £6.99
The personal account of the first person convicted under the notorious SOCPA law,
forbidding protest near parliament without advance authorisation - for reading out names
of people killed in Iraq.
Common Ground: The Story of Greenham, David Fairhall (IB Tauris, 2006), hbk £16.95
See also Ann Pettitt's recent Walking to Greenham - How the Peace-camp began and the
Cold War ended.
Meetings in No Man's Land - Christmas 1914 and Fraternization in the Great War, Marc
Ferro, Malcolm Brown, Remy Cazals, Olaf Mueller, trans Helen McPhail (Constable, 2007),
hbk £18.99
Starting with the famous incident in 1914, the authors examine the evidence that
fraternisation in the First World War was far more common than previously accepted.
Translated from a French book published in 2005.
The Ursula Franklin Reader: Pacifism as a Map, Ursula M Franklin (Between The Lines,
Toronto, Canada, 2006), pbk £14.95
Brings together papers, talks and articles, from the career of a pacifist, environmentalist,
feminist activist.
Pax Pacifica - Terrorism, the Pacific Hemisphere, Globalisation and Peace Studies, Johan
Galtung (Pluto Press, 2006), £15.99
All Men are Brothers - Autobiographical reflections, Mohandas K Gandhi (Compiled and
Edited by Krishna Kripalani) (Continuum, New York, 2005), pbk £8.99
A new edition of the collection first published by UNESCO in 1958.
An Autobiography: The Story of my Experiments with Truth, Mahatma Gandhi (Penguin
Classics, 2007), pbk £9.99
Although written in the 1920s, before some of the busiest and best-known periods of his
life, this remains a key book for understanding Gandhi's philosophy.
Mohandas: A True Story of a Man, his People and an Empire, Rajmohan Gandhi (Viking
Penguin, New Delhi, India, 2006), hbk £25.00
This 700+ pages, by a practised biographer who is also Gandhi's grandson, deals with both
the personal and political life of MK Gandhi.
Dimensions of Peace and Security - A Reader, (Eds) Gustaaf Geeraerts, Natalie Pauwels and
Eric Remacle (Peter Lang, Pieterlen, Switzerland, 2006), £22.00
How Nonviolence Protects the State, Peter Gelderloos (South End Press, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, USA, 2007), pbk £5.00
Certainly worth reading to provoke more thought amongst nonviolentists - it could be a
good test of your logic as well as your patience. But rather too obviously flawed in many
ways - such as not recognising that the sort of arguments which are relevant to a critique
of inter-personal nonviolence if attacked are not relevant to pacifism (in the sense of war
resistance); similarly, it seems to assume that nonviolence can't encompass property
damage and sabotage, a position which many serious nonviolent activists moved away
from generations ago.
Among the Dead Cities: Was the Allied bombing of Civilians in WWII a Necessity or a Crime?,
AC Grayling (Bloomsbury, 2006), hbk £20.00
Strategic Terror - The Politics and Ethics of Aerial Bombardment, Beau Grosscup (Zed
Books, 2006), £15.99
Unintended Consequences - The United States at War, Kenneth J Hagan and Ian J Bickerton
(Reaktion Books, London, 2007), hbk £19.95
Two historians who show that the US doesn't know what it's doing, and that the US's wars
cause more problems than they solve. (Not news to most Housmans shoppers of course.)
In Pursuit of Alternatives to War - Peace Campaigning in the Eighties: A Chronicle from
Wrexham, Owen Hardwicke (Bridge Books, Wrexham, 2006), pbk £8.95
A living, recent history of grassroots campaigning.
Refusing to Kill - Conscientious Objectors and Human Rights in the First World War, Oliver
Haslam (Peace Pledge Union, 2006), £15.00
The Lessons of Nonviolence: Theory and Practice in a World of Conflict, Tom H Hastings
(foreword by Kathy Kelly) (McFarland & Company, Jefferson, North Carolina, USA,
2006), pbk £27.95
Humanity, Terrorism, Terrorist War - Palestine, 9/11, Iraq, 7/7..., Ted Honderich
(Continuum, 2006), hbk £14.99
Housmans Peace Diary and World Peace Directory 2008 (Housmans, 2007), pbk £8.95
The 55th edition of this classic diary, which includes a directory of approximately 2000
national and international peace, environmental and human rights organisations around
the world.
CND: Now More Than Ever - The Story of a Peace Movement, Kate Hudson (Vision
Paperbacks, 2005), pbk £10.99
We have some copies signed by the author.
There's a Tree in the Meadow - A Book of Destiny, Tina Hyder (Advocate House, Sarasota,
Florida, USA, 2007), pbk £5.00
A simultaneously slight and cloying "love story" riddled with religiosity, written by
someone "no longer affiliated with any political party" claiming to include "the simple
secret for world peace".
Securing our Survival (SOS): The Case for a Nuclear Weapons Convention (International
Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms, International Network of Engineers and
Scientists Against Proliferation, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War,
2007), pbk £8.50
The definitive handbook of the international network for a nuclear weapons convention.
Includes a model convention.
Hidden Voices: Working Creatively with Conflict - A Collection of Personal Stories, Ann
Jordan (VBW Publishing, Texas, USA, 2006), pbk £11.25
Gandhi: A Spiritual Journey, MV Kamath (Indus Source Books, Mumbai, India, 2007), pbk
£7.95
Knowing the Mystery of Life Within - Selected Writings of Isaac Penington in their Historical
and Theological Context, Selected and introduced by R Melvin Keiser & Rosemary Moore
(Quaker Books, 2005), pbk £13.50 (published at £18.00)
Isaac Penington was one of the founders of the Quakers in the 17th century, the selection
includes some of his prison writings.
Hostage in Iraq, Norman Kember (Darton, Longman and Todd, London, 2007), hbk £14.95
The story of this Christian pacifist's months as a hostage. We have some copies signed by
the author.
My Life, My Works - Remembering Mahatma Gandhi, (Ed) Sangeeta Kochlar (Natraj
Publishers, Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal, India, 2008), hbk £11.95
A selection of short extracts from Gandhi's writings, along with some contemporary
photographs and cartoons, published to mark the 60th anniversary of the assassination
of Gandhi.
Nonviolence - The History of a Dangerous Idea, Mark Kurlansky (Vintage Books, London,
2007), pbk £7.99
Interesting, and at least a history, though revolving a lot around religious angles. Maybe
the best thing about it is the way that it's been quite well received and reviewed by people
outside the nonviolence movement - perhaps precisely because of its shortcomings.
More Soldiers In The Laboratory: The militarisation of science and technology - an update,
Chris Langley (Scientists for Global Responsibility, Folkestone, 2007), £2.50
This short report provides an update to Soldiers In The Laboratory, published by SGR
in 2005, and also highlights problems in obtaining this sort of information, despite the
Freedom of Information Act.
Behind Closed Doors - Military influence, commercial pressures, and the compromised
university, Chris Langley, Stuart Parkinson and Philip Webber (Scientists for Global
Responsibility, Folkestone, 2008), £3.50
This report builds on the disclosures of, and recommendations in, Soldiers In The
Laboratory and More Soldiers In The Laboratory. It focuses on the impact of military
sector influence within the research and teaching environment of universities in the UK.
Mission Rejected: The Soldiers Who Say No to Iraq, Peter Laufer (John Blake Publishing,
London, 2007), pbk £9.99
A blend of oral history and journalism, though dealing with specifically the US military.
Somme Mud - The war experiences of an infantryman in France, 1916-1919, EPF Lynch,
Edited by Will Davies (Doubleday, London, 2008), hbk £17.99
On his return from France, Private Lynch recorded his experiences on the Western
Front in 20 school exercise books. His story is published here for the first time, the
manuscript having been rediscovered after his death in 1980.
Peace Journalism, Jake Lynch and Annabel McGoldrick (Hawthorn Press, 2005), pbk
£25.00
Looks at the way much coverage of conflict fuels further violence, with topical case
studies, and proposes workable options to give peace a chance.
Some of the People all the Time, Alastair Mackie (Book Guild Publishing, Brighton, Sussex,
2006), hbk £17.99
An autobiography by a one-time Air Commodore and H-bomber pilot, turned health
educator and nuclear disarmament campaigner (becoming Vice-Chair of CND).
Working for Peace - A Handbook of Practical Psychology and Other Tools, Rachel M MacNair
and Psychologists for Social Responsibility (Impact Publishers, Atascadero, California, USA,
2006), pbk £14.99
A guidebook to the psychology of social activism, with contributions from 40 peace activists.
Justice Ignited: The Dynamics of Backfire, Brian Martin (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
Lanham, Maryland, USA, 2007), pbk £17.95
Another fine book from this author, relating academic ideas to real-life experiences, showing
how popular outrage at state or corporate crimes can be constructively developed. This will
be especially welcomed by anyone who heard Brian's presentations on this theme at the
WRI's 2006 Triennial conference in Germany.
Council Unbound: The Growth of UN Decision Making on Conflict and Postconflict Issues after
the Cold War, Michael J Matheson (United States Institute of Peace Press, Washington DC,
USA, 2006), pbk £12.50
Corporate Mercenaries: The threat of private military and security companies, Fabien
Mathieu and Nick Dearden (War on Want, 2006), pbk £2.00
A key report on the rise of private military ane security companies, including examples from
Colombia and Iraq.
The Raytheon 9 - Resisting War Crimes is Not a Crime, Eamonn McCann (The Derry Anti-War
Coalition, 2008), pmphlt £2.00
The story of the occupation of the Raytheon arms factory in Northern Ireland, which provides
bombs for the Israeli air force.
The Hidden Human Cost of Trident, Di McDonald & Jamie Woolley (Abolition 2000 UK, 2007),
pbk £2.00
Seventh in the Blackaby Papers series dealing with defence and disarmament issues. After
all the arguments about the financial implications of the continuing British nuclear weapons
programme, this report also documents the human and environmental costs.
The United Nations and Its Future in the 21st Century, (Ed) Vijay Mehta (Spokesman, for
Action for UN Renewal, 2005), £10.00
A Non-Violent Path to Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding, (Eds) Kamran Mofid, Alparslan
Acigenc, Kevin J McGinley, Sammas Salur (Fatih University Press, Istanbul, & Shepheard-
Walwyn Publishers, London, 2008), pbk £18.95
The proceedings of the "Globalisation for the Common Good: An Inter-Faith Perspective"
conference held in Istanbul in 2007.
Stop the War, Andrew Murray, £15.99
Stop Bush Blair Wars, Andrew Murray (Stop the War Coalition, London, 2006), pmphlt £1.00
Five Years On: Why we are still marching, Chris Nineham and Andrew Burgin (Stop the War
Coalition, London, 2008), pmphlt £1.00
With preface by Tony Benn.
Lions, Donkeys and Dinosaurs - Waste and Blundering in the Military, Lewis Page (Arrow
Books, London, 2007), pbk £8.99
A new edition, with a new Afterword by the author, of a book originally published in 2006.
Though note that this is not written by an anti-militarist!
Sonja Schlesin - Gandhi's South African Secretary, George Paxton (Pax Books, 2006), £7.50
Walking to Greenham - How the Peace-camp began and the Cold War ended, Ann Pettitt
(Honno, 2006), pbk £8.99
See also David Fairhall's recent Common Ground: The Story of Greenham.
Endeavours to Mend: Perspectives on British Quaker work in the world today, (Ed) Brian
Phillips with John Lampen (Quaker Books, 2006), pbk £10.00
War is a Crime Against Humanity, Devi Prasad (War Resisters' International, 2005), £18.00
(currently reduced from £28.00)
The long-awaited story of the first 50-plus years of the WRI.
Twelve Quakers and Pacifism (Quaker Quest, 2005), pmphlt £2.50
How you can be a Quaker without being a pacifist.
Twelve Quakers and Evil (Quaker Quest, 2006), pmphlt £2.50
Strategies for Peace: Contributions of International Organizations, States, and Non-State
Actors, (Eds) Volker Rittberger and Martina Fischer (Barbara Budrich Publishers, Opladen,
Germany, 2008), pbk £16.95
How can sustainable peace be achieved? This book identifies potential state and non-state
actors involved in peacebuilding processes, and develops strategies to address the problems
and dilemmas of international peacebuilding.
War With No End, Joe Sacco, Arundhati Roy, John Berger, Haifa Zangana, Hanif Kureishi,
Phyllis Bennis, Ahdaf Soueif, Tram Nguyen, September 11th Families for Peaceful
Tomorrows, Naomi Klein (Verso, London & New York, in conjunction with the Stop the
War Coalition, UK, and United for Peace and Justice, USA, 2007), pbk £7.99
An anthology, from reportage to faction to fiction.
The Agony of Arrival - Gandhi: The South Africa Years, Nagindas Sanghavi (Rupa & Co,
New Delhi, India, 2006) hbk £19.95
Making Arms, Wasting Skills: Alternatives to militarism and arms production, Steve
Schofield (Campaign Against Arms Trade, London, 2008), pbk £3.00
The latest useful background report from CAAT - which is a good example of a peace
organisation which gains credibility for its ideas by having well-researched information
to support its arguments.
The Frontier Gandhi: Abdul Ghaffar Khan - Muslim champion of nonviolence, Shireen Shah
(Movement for the Abolition of War, London, with the International Peace Bureau, Geneva,
Switzerland, 2008), pmphlt £3.00
Abdul Ghaffar Khan (who lived from 1890 to 1988) was nicknamed "the Frontier Gandhi"
because he spent much of his life working for social transformation through nonviolent
means - justifying it in terms of his Islamic beliefs - with a nonviolent "army" challenging
British rule in the North-West Frontier region of British India (now Pakistan).
Waging Nonviolent Struggle - 20th Century Practice and 21st Century Potential,
Gene Sharp (Extending Horizons Books, Boston, USA, 2005), pbk £16.95
Not only useful for students, this latest work from one of the most important writers
on the practicalities of nonviolent struggle will be a "must read" for individuals and
groups involved in campaigns which aspire to nonviolence.
Military Inc - Inside Pakistan's Military Economy, Ayesha Siddiqa (Pluto Press, 2007),
pbk £19.99
Does democracy have a future after the merging of the military and corporate sectors?
Hope in the Dark - the Untold History of People Power, Rebecca Solnit (Canongate, 2005),
£7.99
Recollections, John Spencer (Abecasis Verlag, Okayama, Japan, 2006), pmphlt £4.95
Poems by a Second World War concientious objector, some relating to his time working
on farms during the war.
The Facade of Arms Control: How the UK's export licensing system facilitates the arms
trade, Anna Stavrianakis (Campaign Against Arms Trade, 2008), pmphlt, £3.00
The Small Arms Trade - a beginner's guide, Rachel Stohl, Matt Schroeder and Dan Smith
(Oneworld Publications, Oxford, 2007), pbk £9.99
A useful introduction to the issue from three US researchers.
Study War No More - Military involvement in UK universities, Tim Street with Martha Beale
(Fellowship of Reconciliation and Campaign Against Arms Trade, 2007) pbk £3.00
The Philosophy of War & Peace, Jenny Teichman (Imprint Academic, Exeter, 2006), £17.95
War Without End, Brunto Tertrais (The New Press, New York, 2005), £15.99
As Used on the Famous Nelson Mandela - Underground Adventures in the Arms & Torture
Trade, Mark Thomas (Ebury Press, 2007), £7.99
Gandhi - A Political and Spiritual Life, Kathryn Tidrick (IB Taurus & Co, 2006), hbk £19.50
A sympathetic but not uncritical portrait of Mahatma Gandhi, bringing out some of the
contradictions in his stance.
The Spiritual Perceptions of Mahatma Gandhi, Ravindra Varma (Rupa & Co, New Delhi,
India, 2006), hbk £12.50
Walking the Tightrope: Do UN peacekeeping operations actually contribute to durable
peace?, Jair van der Lijn (Dutch University Press, 2006), pbk £25.00
Checkpoints and Chances - eyewitness accounts from an observer in Israel-Palestine,
Katharine von Schubert (Quaker Books, 2005), pbk £9.00
Reports of living with people under military occupation.
Shockwave: The Countdown to Hiroshima, Stephen Walker (John Murray, 2005), £20.00
DMZ: Demilitarized Zone - A Guide to Taking Your School Back from the Military (Youth
and Counter-Militarism Program of the War Resisters League, New York, USA, 2006),
pbk £3.95
The No-Nonsense Guide to Conflict and Peace, (Ed) Helen Ware (New Internationalist,
2006), pbk £6.99
Bribing for Britain: Government Collusion in Arms Sales Corruption, Tim Webb (Campaign
Against Arms Trade, 2007) pmphlt, £3.00
Amity in the Middle East - How the World Sports Peace Project and the Passion for
Football brought together Arab and Jewish Youngsters, Geoffrey Whitfield (The
Alpha Press, Brighton, 2006), pbk £14.95
Don't Shoot the Clowns - Taking a circus to the children of Iraq, Jo Wilding (New
Internationalist, 2006), pbk £8.99
Authors Take Sides on Iraq and the Gulf War, (Eds) Jean Moorcroft Wilson and Cecil Woolf
(Cecil Woolf Publishers, 2004), pbk £9.95
War Crime or Just War? - The Iraq War 2003-2005: The Case Against Blair, Nicholas Wood
(South Hill Press, London, 2005), pbk £8.99
Civil War, Civil Peace, (Eds) Helen Yanacopoulos and Joseph Hanlon (The Open University,
2006) pbk £22.00
The Development of Mine Warfare - A Most Murderous and Barbarous Conduct, Norman
Youngblood (Praeger Security International, Westport, Connecticut, USA, 2006), hbk
£28.95
A Power Governments Cannot Suppress, Howard Zinn (City Lights Books, San Francisco,
USA, 2007), pbk £14.99
A new collection of essays by a fine anti-militarist writer, dealing perceptively with
political struggle in the face of the situation in the USA (and that country's role in the
world) in the last few years.