{"product_id":"will-war-ever-end-a-soldiers-vision-of-peace-for-the-21st-century","title":"Will War Ever End?  A Soldier's Vision of Peace for the 21st Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eOnce in a great while, a book is written that substantially changes the way people think about a particular subject. \u003cem\u003eWill War Ever End?\u003c\/em\u003e is such a book. Written as a \"manifesto for waging peace\" by an active duty captain in the US Army, \u003cem\u003eWill War Ever End?\u003c\/em\u003e challenges readers to think about peace, war and violence in radically new ways.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Are human beings naturally violent?\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"What is hatred?\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"How can love overcome the power of hatred?\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"How does nonviolence overcome the power of violence?\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"How can we prove that unconditional love makes us psychologically healthy and that hatred, just like an illness, occurs when something has gone wrong?\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"How does violence against the natural world relate to violence between human beings?\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese are all questions that Captain Paul K. Chappell leads us to consider in a strikingly new way. In \u003cem\u003eWill War Ever End?\u003c\/em\u003e, Chappell demonstrates that human beings are naturally peaceful and that world peace can become more than a cliché. He lays out a practical framework for transforming the way we think about war and violence, enabling us to begin the real work we must do in order to achieve true peace for mankind.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWill War Ever End?\u003c\/em\u003e is a deeply personal story of a soldier's search for human understanding that will lead to universal transformation. Its message is one of hope, offering practical solutions to help us build a better world.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaul K. Chappell\u003c\/strong\u003e is the founder and Executive Director of the Peace Literacy Institute. He graduated from West Point, was deployed to Iraq, and left active duty as a Captain. Realizing that humanity is facing new challenges that require us to become as well-trained in waging peace as soldiers are in waging war, Chappell created Peace Literacy to help students and adults from all backgrounds work toward their full potential and a more peaceful world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChappell is the author of the seven-book Road to Peace series. The first six published books in this series are \u003cem\u003eWill War Ever End?, The End of War, Peaceful Revolution, The Art of Waging Peace, The Cosmic Ocean\u003c\/em\u003e, and S\u003cem\u003eoldiers of Peace.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChappell grew up in a violent household. Born in 1980, he was raised in Alabama, the son of a Korean mother and a Black father who was a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars. These experiences were part of what compelled him to forge a new understanding of war, peace, rage, trauma, and our shared humanity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Itasca Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54526362452243,"sku":"9781935212225","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/3521\/2563\/files\/9781935212225ita_5cd5474f-8223-4297-b5c5-25cb888dc12d.jpg?v=1785851695","url":"https:\/\/danuc.net\/products\/will-war-ever-end-a-soldiers-vision-of-peace-for-the-21st-century","provider":"Danu's Wardrobe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}