Peaceful Heroes
Author: Jonah Winter
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Published: 2009
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780439623070
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBiographies of peaceful heroes who where willing to die for a cause, but not kill for a cause.
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Author: Jonah Winter
Publisher:
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780439623070
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBiographies of peaceful heroes who where willing to die for a cause, but not kill for a cause.
Author: Bernard Edwards
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2010-08-19
Total Pages: 219
ISBN-13: 1783036788
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe men of Britain's Merchant Navy, although unarmed civilians going about their lawful business were the first to be involved with the enemy in the Second World War. Less than nine hours after the declaration of war on 3 September 1939, the Donaldson liner Athenia was sunk without warning by a German U-boat off the west coast of Ireland. From that moment onwards, British merchant seamen were constantly in the front line in all quarters of the globe. For almost six years they faced, without flinching, their own private hell of torpedoes, bombs, shells and mines, all the while fending off their old arch-enemy, the sea. Sorely pressed, and often tired near to death, they kept open Britain's tenuous lifelines, bringing millions of tons of raw materials, food, oil, arms and ammunition, without which the country could not have survived. As always, their spirit was indomitable, their professionalism unchallenged. The price they paid for their bravery and dedication was horrendous: 2,246 ships lost, 29,180 men killed, and countless hundreds maimed and wounded. This book tells the story of just a few of these quiet heroes.
Author: Denise Martin
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2015-05-30
Total Pages: 237
ISBN-13: 1503571750
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThrough the horrors of trench warfare and the mud fields of Passchendaele, come along and experience first-hand the true and riveting adventures of father and son as they travelled across Europe with the Canadian Army, beating back the Axis Powers during the Great Wars of the Twentieth Century. Experience graphic descriptions of the true conditions of an Internment Camp up close, and the brutal treatment of prisoners in the Stalags throughout Germany.
Author: James J. Orr
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 2001-04-01
Total Pages: 281
ISBN-13: 0824865154
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first systematic, historical inquiry into the emergence of "victim consciousness" (higaisha ishiki) as an essential component of Japanese pacifist national identity after World War II. In his meticulously crafted narrative and analysis, the author reveals how postwar Japanese elites and American occupying authorities collaborated to structure the parameters of remembrance of the war, including the notion that the emperor and his people had been betrayed and duped by militarists. He goes on to explain the Japanese reliance on victim consciousness through a discussion of the ban-the-bomb movement of the mid-1950s, which raised the prominence of Hiroshima as an archetype of war victimhood and brought about the selective focus on Japanese war victimhood; the political strategies of three self-defined war victim groups (A-bomb victims, repatriates, and dispossessed landlords) to gain state compensation and hence valorization of their war victim experiences; shifting textbook narratives that reflected contemporary attitudes and structured future generations' understanding of the war; and three classic antiwar novels and films that contributed to the shaping of a "sentimental humanism" that continues to leave a strong imprint on the collective Japanese conscience.
Author: William Victor Holley
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Published: 1900
Total Pages: 330
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Published: 1920
Total Pages: 68
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Published: 1915
Total Pages: 156
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Michael Morpurgo
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2012-08-24
Total Pages: 61
ISBN-13: 1849435715
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPrivate Peaceful relives the life of Private Tommo Peaceful, a young First World War soldier awaiting the firing squad at dawn. During the night he looks back at his short but joyful past growing up in rural Devon: his exciting first days at school; the accident in the forest that killed his father; his adventures with Molly, the love of his life; and the battles and injustices of war that brought him to the front line. Winner of the Blue Peter Book of the Year, Private Peaceful is by the third Children's Laureate, Michael Morpurgo, award-winning author of War Horse. His inspiration came from a visit to Ypres where he was shocked to discover how many young soldiers were court-martialled and shot for cowardice during the First World War. This edition also includes introductory essays by Michael Morpurgo, Associate Director of Private Peaceful production Mark Leipacher, as well as an essay from Simon Reade, adaptor & director of this stage adaptation of Private Peaceful.
Author: Gürkan Çelik
Publisher: Eburon Uitgeverij B.V.
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9059723694
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The existence of social conflicts and the lack of social cohesion are at the center of public debates in many societies. In recent years, these issues have often been linked to Muslims and their religious beliefs. The Islamic response to these allegations and the social problems evoking them has been diverse: this book concerns the reply of a transnational movement of volunteers inspired by the teachings of Fethullah Gülen, a Turkish Muslim scholar. This study represents an attempt to incorporate the Gülen Movement--also called the Volunteers Movement--into a social movement theory approach. In pluralist societies, there are different communication structures and different ways of conflict resolution. The Gülen Movement proposes and practices dialogue and education as two means to establish peace, by maintaining social cohesion and mending the social cleavages dividing Muslims and non-Muslims. It is not only Gülen's spiritual message that has inspired people to pursuit [sic] these ideals, but also his leadership. By focusing on its spiritual, intellectual, and practical dimension and its social background, this book contributes to a comprehensive understanding of one of the most promising contemporary social movements"--Publisher's description, back cover.
Author: Louis Kriesberg
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 413
ISBN-13: 0190228679
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this book, author Louis Kriesberg draws on the constructive conflict approach to assess American involvements in foreign conflicts since the onset of the Cold War. He looks at what went well and what went poorly in order to derive ideas for engaging in conflicts more constructively in the future.