United States foreign policy and the prospects for peace education
By: Carl Mirra ; with forewords by Johan Galtung and Staughton Lynd.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780786433216
Subjects: Peace -- Study and teaching -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations -- Study and teaching; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
Description: "U.S. policies toward diplomatic peace education are coming under increasing scrutiny. This book evaluates the prospects for effective U.S. peace education in the context of post-1945 U.S. foreign policy"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The tasks of peace education; title: The contours of U.S. foreign policy : a critical peace education perspective; title: Unacknowledged guilt and U.S. militarism; title: George W. Bush and the resurrection of the chosenness; title: Syndrome after September 11 : a unique challenge for peace education; title: The war on "terrorism," Iraq and the challenges for peace education; title: The International Criminal Court as a peace educator : a challenge for the United States; title: Toward a critical peace pedagogy of nonviolent tension.