Below is one of the lists from the Peace section of the Booklists page of the Housmans website. It's the PEACE MOVEMENT HISTORY list. You can go right back to the website's main Booklists page (which links directly to and from all the other main pages) here. You can go back up to the start of the Peace section here. And you can jump directly between the Peace lists, without going back up to the head of the Peace section, using the links which follow... 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] Topic 12: PEACE MOVEMENT HISTORY This category includes: writings about peace and anti-war campaigns (including the "history" of current campaigns); and biographies and autobiographies of significant peace campaigners. Also included here are some other historic books by major figures in the peace movement (particularly from the pacifist wing of the movement), even where they cover other issues beyond their peace-related work. Please remember that many of the older titles included in this list are likely to be second-hand - see the Peace Booklists introductory page. Peace and Bread in Time of War, Jane Addams (King's Crown Press, New York, 1945) pbk £8.50 The 1945 edition, with an introductory essay by John Dewey, of the book first published in 1922. It tells of the work from 1914 to 1922 of the founder of WILPF. Twenty Years at Hull-House, Jane Addams (Macmillan, New York, 1911), hbk £10.00 Twenty Years at Hull-House, Jane Addams (Signet, New York, 1961), pbk £3.00 An reprint of the book first published in 1910. The Second Twenty Years at Hull-House, Jane Addams (Macmillan, New York, 1930) hbk £15.00 Campaigns Against European Peace Movements, Esko Antola (IPB / Peace Union of Finland, 1984), pbk £2.00 To Asia in Peace: The Story of a Non-Violent Action Mission to Indo China, (Ed) Pat Arrowsmith (Sidgwick & Jackson, 1972), pbk £2.95 We Will Not Cease - The Autobiography of a Conscientous Objector, Archibald Baxter (Cape Catley, Whatamongo Bay, New Zealand, 1983), £2.00 Against All War: Fifty Years of Peace News, 1936-86, Albert Beale (Peace News, 1986), pbk £10.00 A brief look at the story of the first 50 years of Peace News. Pax Christi - The Peace of Christ: A New Policy for Christendom Today, Albert D Belden (Carwal Publications, Wallington, Surrey, 1944), hbk £6.00 A call for Christians to unite for peace. War and Peace in the Gulf - Testimonies of the Gulf Peace Team, (Eds) Bela Bhatia, Jean Dreze, Kathy Kelly, Foreword by Noam Chomsky (Spokesman, 2001), pbk £5.00 The first-hand story of the experience of nonviolent interposition in a war zone in December 1990 and January 1991. 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. Chronicle of Youth - Great War Diaries 1913-1917, Vera Brittain (Edited by Alan Bishop) (Phoenix Press, 2002), pbk £8.99 Testament of Youth - An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1900-1925, Vera Brittain (Virago, 1978), pbk £2.50 Testament of Youth - An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1900-1925, Vera Brittain (Fontana, 1980), pbk £2.00 Testament of Experience - An Autobiographical Study of the Years 1925-1950, Vera Brittain (Fontana, 1980), pbk £2.50 Healing the Wounds - Quaker Relief Work During World War Two and Its Aftermath, Alex Bryan (Quaker Home Service, London, 1986), pmphlt £3.00 Shows how pacifism could be given positive expression of the kind that non-pacifists could understand and appreciate. Articles of Peace - celebrating fifty years of Peace News, (Eds) Gail Chester and Andrew Rigby (Prism Press, Bridport, Dorest, 1986), pbk £7.50 Taking a contemporaneous look at some of the key issues covered by PN during its first 50 years - relating these issues to the paper's coverage, but not primarily a history of PN. The Californian Crusade of Cezar Chavez, Christopher Child (Quaker Peace & Service, London, 1980), pmphlt £3.00 The story of the famous struggle of the United Farm Workers, published as part of QPS's Nonviolence in Action series. The Soldier's Tale, Bill Cutler (Ex-Services CND, Bristol, 1987), pmphlt £5.00 A short memoir by a member of ex-services CND. The Long Loneliness, Dorothy Day (Harper Collins, New York, 1997), pbk £8.50 The autobiography of the Catholic Worker activist, originally published in 1952. An American Ordeal - The Antiwar Movement of the Vietnam Era, Charles DeBenedetti (Syracuse University Press, New York, USA, 1990), pbk £9.50 The Disarmers: A Study in Protest, Christopher Driver (Hodder and Stoughton, 1964), hbk £7.50 The story of the early years of CND. The Civilian and the Military: A History of the American Antimilitarist Tradition, Arthur A Ekirch Jr (Ralph Myles, Colorado Springs, USA, 1972), £6.00 Disarming the Oceans - International Resistance to the Nuclear Navies (European Nuclear Disarmament, 1985), pmphlt £2.00 Produced with the support of the Greater London Council, in connection with the campaign by international networks of activists opposing - especially - the presence of nuclear weapons in the world's oceans. 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. Breaking Ranks, Melissa Everett (New Society Publishers, Philadelphia, USA, 1989), pbk £5.00 The stories of ten US men who left comfortable military-related jobs to work for peace. Common Ground: The Story of Greenham, David Fairhall (IB Tauris, 2006), hbk £16.95 Love is the Measure, Jim Forest (Orbis Books, Maryknoll, New York, USA, 1997), £9.99 A biography of Dorothy Day, founder of The Catholic Worker. A Few Small Candles: War Resisters of World War II Tell Their Stories, (Eds) Larry Gara & Lenna Mae Gara (Kent State University Press, Kent, Ohio, USA, 1999), hbk £21.95 (reduced from £25.00) Louis Lecoin: An Anarchist Life, Sylvain Garel (Kate Sharpley Library, London, 2000), pmphlt £1.50 Louis Lecoin was one of the first French conscientious objectors, and imprisoned for his militant war resistance in both the First and Second World Wars. 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. All Her Paths are Peace: Women Pioneers in Peacemaking, Michael Henderson (Kumarian Press, West Hartford, Connecticut, USA, 1994), pbk £12.95 The Struggle is the Message: The Organization and Ideology of the Anti-War Movement, Irving Louis Horowitz (The Glendessary Press, Berkeley, California, USA, 1970), pbk £3.00 CND: Now More Than Ever - The Story of a Peace Movement, Kate Hudson (Vision Paperbacks, 2005), pbk £10.99 Indomitable Friend: The Life of Corder Catchpool 1883-1952, William R Hughes (George Allen & Unwin, 1956), hbk £8.50 The story of a remarkable pacifist and war resister who undertook grassroots work to relieve the suffering caused by war, as well as to oppose war, all over Europe. Sign of Hope: The Center for Peace, Nonviolence and Human Rights in Osijek, Mary Evelyn Jegen (Life & Peace Institute, Uppsala, Sweden, 1996), pbk £4.50 Osijek is in Eastern Slavonia, one of the major conflict areas in Croatia during and after the break-up of Yugoslavia. The Centre still exists. Jane Addams - A Centennial Reader, (Ed) Emily Cooper Johnson (Macmillan, New York, 1960), hbk £6.00 A collection of the writings of the founder of WILPF. 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. Servas 1949-1989: an Experiment in Peace Building, Pat Knowles (1989), pbk £9.50 The Essential JP - The Philosophy and Prison Diary of Jayaprakash Narayan, (Ed) Satish Kumar (Prism Press, 1978), hbk £7.50 Fenner - his work lives on, Neil Kinnock, Michael Foot, & many others (Liberation / World Disarmament Campaign / CRS London Region Political Committee, 1988), pmphlt £4.00 A collection of the tributes to Fenner Brockway published after the memorial meeting following his death in 1988. 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). Widening Circles - A Memoir, Joanna Macy (New Society Publishers, Gabriola Island, British Columbia, Canada, 2000), pbk £12.99 An account of "a spiritual life" - Joanna Macy being an activist for peace and deep ecology. Unarmed Bodyguards: International Accompaniment for the Protection of Human Rights, Liam Mahony and Luis Enrique Eguren (Kumarian Press, 1997), pbk £20.00 An inspirational story, focusing especially on the role of Peace Brigades International in Guatemala. Nuclear Peace: The Story of The Trident Three, John Mayer (Vision, London, 2002), hbk £16.99 The story of a successful direct action against Britain's nuclear weapons system, written by the lawyer who defended the activists in court. 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 CND Story, (Eds) John Minnion and Philip Bolsover (Allison & Busby, 1983), pbk £2.00 The first 25 years of CND in the words of many of the people involved. I Renounce War: The Story of the Peace Pledge Union, Sybil Morrison (Sheppard Press, London, 1962), pbk £12.50 An insider's history of the first 28 years of the PPU. The Life and Work of Stuart Morris, Sybil Morrison (Peace Pledge Union, 1969), pmphlt £10.00 A Christian pacifist, and ordained Anglican, Stuart Morris would certainly have become a Bishop if he hadn't renounced his Holy Orders in 1939, having been made to resign from his post as Chaplain of the Fleet Air Arm because of his preaching of pacifist sermons. He served as both Chairperson and General Secretary of the PPU. Looking Before & After - a collection of essays, John Middleton Murry (Sheppard Press, 1948), hbk £6.00 JMM was a pacifist, and an editor of Peace News. [The desk he used when editing PN during the Second World War is currently used by the Housmans volunteer compiling this booklist...] Opening Doors to Peace - A memorial to Myrtle Solomon (Myrtle Solomon Memorial Fund & War Resisters' International, 1991), pbk £3.00 A memorial to a leading figure in the PPU and the WRI, dealing primarily with her work as chair of WRI from 1975 to 1986. Back from the Abyss, Michael Nicholson (1984), pmphlt £1.50 The author's personal odyssey around northern Europe discussing the idea of a regional nuclear-free zone. 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. The Ponting Affair, Richard Norton-Taylor (Cecil Woolf, London, 1985), pbk £2.00 The story of the acquittal of the civil servant who leaked government documents about the sinking of the Argentinian ship the General Belgrano in the Falklands War. Bomber Grounded, Runway Closed - Prison Letters and Court Notes of a Gulf War Resister, Ciaron O'Reilly (Rose Hill Books, Marion, South Dakota, USA, 1994), pbk £7.50 The story of a ploughshares/plowshares action at a US air base in New York State, when four activists disarmed a B-52 bomber destined for the war in the Persian Gulf. Walking to Greenham - How the Peace-camp began and the Cold War ended, Ann Pettitt (Honno, 2006), pbk £8.99 The Love it but Leave it: American Deserters, Devi Prasad (War Resisters' International, 1971), hbk £12.00 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. Improper Bostonian: Emily Greene Balch, Mercedes M Randall (Twayne Publishers, New York, 1964), hbk £9.50 A biography of the 1946 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. Signed by the author. The Battle of Larzac, Roger Rawlinson (Fellowship of Reconciliation, New Malden, Surrey, 1976), pmphlt £10.00 A rare copy of the story of the long nonviolent struggle of the peasant farmers of the Larzac Plateau, in central France, against government plans to extend an army camp onto their lands. Including a duplicated update from the author of the events during the two years after the pamphlet was published. Private View of a Public Man: The Life of Leyton Richards, Edith Ryley Richards (George Allen and Unwin, 1951), hbk £10.00 A major figure in Christian pacifism in the first half of the Twentieth Century, active in several countries. The Tamarisk Tree: Vol 3, Challenge to the Cold War, Dora Russell (Virago Press, 1985), £4.50 Peace Under Fire - Israel/Palestine and the International Solidarity Movement, (Eds) Josie Sandercock, Radhika Sainath, Marissa McLaughlin, Huseein Khalili, Nicholas Blincoe, Huwaida Arraf and Ghassan Andoni (Verso, 2004), pbk £5.00 (reduced from £15.00) Accounts of the ISM's support for Palestinian non-violent resistance to Israeli military occupation. 100 Years of Peace Making: A history of the International Peace Bureau and other international peace movement organisations and networks, Rainer Santi (Peace Union of Finland & Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society, for IPB, 1991), pbk £3.00 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). George Fox & The Quakers, Cecil W Sharman (Quaker Home Service, 1991), pbk £9.00 No Bunkers Here: A Successful Nonviolent Action in a Welsh Community, Tony Simpson (Mid Glamorgan CND, Merthyr Tydfil; Peace News, Nottingham, 1982), pmphlt £2.00 The achievements, hardships and paradoxes of the first Welsh peace camp - and the first successful action to close down a "civil defence" establishment. Answer Time on Tower Hill, Donald Soper (Hodder and Stoughton, 1937), £13.00 Popular Fallacies about the Christian Faith, Donald Soper (Hodder and Stoughton, 1938), £5.00 Excuse Me, Mr President - The Message of The Broken Eagle, Rick Paul Springer (Broken Eagle Press, Arcata, California, USA, 1997), pbk £5.00 Direct Action - Radical Pacifism from the Union Eight to the Chicago Seven, James Tracy (University of Chicago Press, USA, 1996), £9.50 The story of how conscientious objectors who met in prison during the Second World War indelibly stamped the post-war USA with their methods and ethos. Peace Work in Northern Ireland (United World Trust, London, 1990), pmphlt £2.00 One of the first concerns of the National Peace Council's working group on Northern Ireland, after it was set up in the late 1980s, was the need for more positive information about the situation. The United World Trust - associated charity of the NPC - funded a researcher, Lisa Harper, to produce a report of key groups doing positive work in the province, including groups from the spheres of education and religion. Message of a Wise Kabouter, Roel Van Duyn (Duckworth, 1972), £3.50 Carnets de Prison, Jean Van Lierde (Vie Ouvriere, Brussels, Belgium, 1994), pbk £5.00 Prison writings of a key figures in the war resistance movement in Belgium as well as internatonally. In French. Jean Van Lierde died in December 2006. Valiant for Peace, Jill Wallis (Fellowship of Reconciliation, 1991), £12.00 The story of the first 75 years of the international religious pacifist network. Spectator Papers, Norman Whitney (Ed Adele Rickett) (American Friends Service Committee, 1971), pbk £5.00 Writings by a US pacifist, 1943-1967. Trident on Trial: The case for people's disarmament, Angie Zelter (Luath Press, Edinburgh, 2001), pbk £9.99 The story of the early years of Trident Ploughshares, told by those involved.