Killing Peace

Jeff Hobbs tells the story of Robert DeShaun Peace, who went from a New Jersey ghetto to Yale but never truly escaped his past.

Looks at the effect of deadly battle on the body and mind and offers new research findings to help prevent lasting adverse effects.

Why have war and coercion dominated the political realm in the Sudans, a decade after South Sudan’s independence and fifteen years after the Comprehensive Peace Agreement? This book explains the tragic role of international peacemaking in reproducing violence and political authoritarianism in Sudan and South Sudan. Sharath Srinivasan charts the destructive effects of Sudan’s landmark north–south peace process, from how it fuelled war in Darfur, the Nuba Mountains and the Blue Nile to its contribution to Sudan’s failed political transformation and South Sudan’s rapid descent into civil war. Concluding with the conspicuous absence of ‘peace’ when non-violent revolutionary political change came to Sudan in 2019, Srinivasan examines at close range why outsiders’ peace projects may displace civil politics and raise the political currency of violence. This is an analysis of the perils of attempting to build a non-violent political realm through neat designs and tools of compulsion, where the end goal of peace becomes caught up in idealised constitutional texts, technocratic templates and deals on sharing spoils. When Peace Kills Politics shows that these methods, ultimately anti-political, will be resisted—often violently—by dissatisfied local actors.

S. Floyd Scott’s book Killing America is a revelation and a crucial must-read. It has rightly been said, “Wisdom is a thing to be sought, a pearl of great price.” In Killing America, you will be taken on a journey of discovery that will show you the sources and mechanisms that make it possible for you to live your best life—to understand things that have the ability to ruin your chance. Never before has anyone written such an easy-to-understand, timely, bottom-lined book that brings you the basic understanding of what is happening around you. You will discover through the nine chapters how to create peace. We each must, for our own sake and the sake of one another, be equipped with the know-how to create peace and a place where we can live in peace. In Killing America, S. Floyd Scott will show you and help you understand what’s going on in easy-to-read words that give you the aha moments and revelations you’re looking for. If you never read another book on the fundamentals of what creates and destroys your life and living, you must read Killing America.

A controversial psychological examination of how soldiers’ willingness to kill has been encouraged and exploited to the detriment of contemporary civilian society. Psychologist and US Army Ranger Dave Grossman writes that the vast majority of soldiers are loath to pull the trigger in battle. Unfortunately, modern armies, using Pavlovian and operant conditioning, have developed sophisticated ways of overcoming this instinctive aversion. The mental cost for members of the military, as witnessed by the increase in post-traumatic stress, is devastating. The sociological cost for the rest of us is even worse: Contemporary civilian society, particularly the media, replicates the army’s conditioning techniques and, Grossman argues, is responsible for the rising rate of murder and violence, especially among the young. Drawing from interviews, personal accounts, and academic studies, On Killing is an important look at the techniques the military uses to overcome the powerful reluctance to kill, of how killing affects the soldier, and of the societal implications of escalating violence.

A brilliant young historian offers a vital, comprehensive international military history of the Cold War in which he views the decade-long superpower struggles as one of the three great conflicts of the twentieth century alongside the two World Wars, and reveals how bloody the "Long Peace" actually was. In this sweeping, deeply researched book, Paul Thomas Chamberlin boldly argues that the Cold War, long viewed as a mostly peaceful, if tense, diplomatic standoff between democracy and communism, was actually a part of a vast, deadly conflict that killed millions on battlegrounds across the postcolonial world. For half a century, as an uneasy peace hung over Europe, ferocious proxy wars raged in the Cold War’s killing fields, resulting in more than fourteen million dead—victims who remain largely forgotten and all but lost to history. A superb work of scholarship illustrated with four maps, The Cold War’s Killing Fields is the first global military history of this superpower conflict and the first full accounting of its devastating impact. More than previous armed conflicts, the wars of the post-1945 era ravaged civilians across vast stretches of territory, from Korea and Vietnam to Bangladesh and Afghanistan to Iraq and Lebanon. Chamberlin provides an understanding of this sweeping history from the ground up and offers a moving portrait of human suffering, capturing the voices of those who experienced the brutal warfare. Chamberlin reframes this era in global history and explores in detail the numerous battles fought to prevent nuclear war, bolster the strategic hegemony of the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., and determine the fate of societies throughout the Third World.

Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History and one of the New York Times’s 100 Notable Books of the Year. The assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin remains the single most consequential event in Israel’s recent history, and one that fundamentally altered the trajectory for both Israel and the Palestinians. In Killing a King, Dan Ephron relates the parallel stories of Rabin and his stalker, Yigal Amir, over the two years leading up to the assassination, as one of them planned political deals he hoped would lead to peace, and the other plotted murder. "Carefully reported, clearly presented, concise and gripping," It stands as "a reminder that what happened on a Tel Aviv sidewalk 20 years ago is as important to understanding Israel as any of its wars" (Matti Friedman, The Washington Post).

Billy Wilson is a man of God who firmly believes that a world without Jesus Christ has no life in it. In his second book intended to inspire spiritual seekers everywhere, Wilson shares philosophies and truth related to his personal experiences with his faith and how he has learned to find comfort and guidance in the Bible. Wilson, a pastor for more than forty years, defines himself as a simple man whobelieves not in scientific theories, but instead in scriptures that tell of the remarkable works of Jesus and his Father. As he leads others through his views on Gods presence in our lives, our current political leaders and system, and the present state of our country, Wilson shines a light on the challenges many spiritual seekers confrontwhile attempting to comprehend all the complexities of an ever-changing world and loyally following the Word of God. Included are his theories on the after-life, the final judgment by God, and what may happen at the conclusion of the battle of Armageddon. Killing Self 2 shares the opinions and thoughtful reflections of a practiced Arkansaspastor as he continues his mission to inspire all of us that it is never too late to follow the Word of God.

The Killing State offers an explanation of why the USA clings to capital punishment long after other democratic nations have abandoned the procedure.