Nonviolence
The History of a Dangerous Idea
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
1 January 2008
Summary
A brilliant book by bestselling writer Mark Kurlansky on the place of pacifism in world history. An original work within the history of ideas genre, with a foreword by the Dalai Lama.
The conventional history of nations, even continents, is a history of warfare. According to this view, all the important ideas and significant changes of humankind occurred as part of an effort to win one violent, bloody conflict or another.
But there have always been a few who refused to fight. …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099494126 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099494124 |
| Author: | Mark Kurlansky |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2008 |
| Weight: | 159g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
This is a magnificent achievement
This is a magnificent achievement * Daily Telegraph *
Erudite and eloquent * Economist *
Kurlansky writes history with his heart firmly on his sleeve, unashamedly hopeful that people are becoming more tired of war, quicker to condemn it – Adam Forrest * Sunday Herald *
Short and punchy and has a good heart… fascinating, vibrant and thought-provoking * Scotland on Sunday *
This book is crammed with historical fact… thought provoking * Financial Times *
Delightful * Irish Times *
Succinct yet wide-ranging…Kurlansky is adamant that his book is about hope, that over and over again non-violence has had its own small successes, from Gandhi to Martin Luther King – Claire Allfree * Metro *
The ideal Christmas present for world leaders and jihad warriors everywhere * Big Issue *
Kurlansky tells an intriguing story - with some nuggets of fascinating trivia – Bill McSweeney * Irish Times *
An entertaining, interesting and sometimes inspiring gallop through parts of the history of non-violent conflict – Buce Kent * History Today *
Mark Kurlansky
Mark Kurlansky is the bestselling author of Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World (winner of the Glenfiddich Best Food Book Award), The Basque History of the World, Salt: A World History, 1968: The Year that Rocked the World, a short story collection The White Man in the Tree, and a novel Boogaloo on 2nd Avenue. He lives in New York City with his wife and daughter.
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