Overview

The US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq led to more than a million people being killed, displaced five million from their homes and shattered countless more lives. It was a colossal, premeditated war crime. Leaders of governments in the countries responsible for this enormity seek to minimise and forget about it: to 'move on'. We must not let them, because they want to retain the option of making the same political decisions, condemning more innocent people to death, somewhere else in the future.

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Author:   Dr Lynda-ann Blanchard ,  Leah Chan
Publisher:   Sydney University Press
Imprint:   Sydney University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.295kg
ISBN:  

9781920899431

ISBN 10:   192089943
Pages:   162
Publication Date:   11 January 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword: ending war, building peace Lynda-ann Blanchard and Leah Chan Contributors Introduction: thinking war, crafting peace – a future for Iraq and civil liberties in Australia Stuart Rees Part 1: the fascination with violence 1. The venerated and unexamined violence in everyday life Michael McKinley 2. Iraq, six years on: the human consequences of a dirty war Richard Hil 3. The human and environmental costs of the Iraq and other wars Sue Wareham 4. Spectacles of honour: barbarism within civilised reactions to public killings Sandra Phelps 5. The US invasion and occupation of Iraq and the implications for the Middle East: instability and the unravelling of US hegemony Noah Bassil Part 2: nonviolent alternatives 6. Between Iraq and a hard place Michael Otterman 7. Coalition of the unwilling: the phenomenology and political economy of US militarism Jake Lynch 8. Disarmament, demobilisation and rehabilitation: the pacifist dilemma Isezaki Kenji 9. The campaign against US military bases in Australia Hannah Middleton 10. The road to Fallujah Donna Mulhearn 11. The floating peace village: an experiment in nonviolence Yoshioka Tatsuya Afterword: learning and doing – the genesis of CPACS Mary Lane Index

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'It is impossible to read [this book] ... without being struck by the futility of war generally and, in the case of Iraq, the failure of the international community properly to consider non-violent alternatives to conflict.' -- Nicole Abadee * Sydney Morning Herald *

‘It is impossible to read [this book] … without being struck by the futility of war generally and, in the case of Iraq, the failure of the international community properly to consider non-violent alternatives to conflict.’ -- Nicole Abadee * Sydney Morning Herald *

Author Information

Lynda-ann Blanchard is an honorary associate at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Sydney. Leah Chan is the Civil Affairs Officer at the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan.

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