Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Human Nature and Its Potential for War and Peace
(Marek J. Celinski, Andrzej R. Celinski and Kathryn M. Gow, PhD, Private Practice, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and others)
Chapter 2. War, Peace, and Conflict Resolution in the Classical World
(Jaime A. González-Ocaña, PhD, Chair, Classics Department, Brunswick School, Greenwich, Connecticut, US)
Chapter 3. Ethnic Identity, Resources, Control and Supremacy: A Brief History of Early South African Conflicts
(Jacques J. Gouws, D. Phil)
Chapter 4. Jihad: Peaceful Definitions and Applications
(Norman C. Rothman, PhD, Department of History, University College, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, US)
Chapter 5. Fear and Loathing: Tribalism in the Age of the Internet
(Dipak K. Gupta, PhD, Department of Political Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, US)
Chapter 6. The War on Drugs: A Struggle for the Human Soul
(Andrzej R. Celinski and Independent Scholar, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Chapter 7. Eritrea: A Failed State and Victim of Sellout Diplomacy
(Tseggai Isaac, PhD, Professor of Political Science, Missouri University of Science, Columbia)
Chapter 8. Shattered Hopes: The Disintegration of South Africa’s Peaceful Transition
(Jacques J. Gouws, D. Phil, Human and System Interface Consulting Inc., Guelph, Ontario, Canada)
Chapter 9. Colombia in Trauma: A Conflict and Post-Conflict Scenario
(SaĂşl M. RodrĂguez and Fabio Sánchez, University of Ottawa, Canada, and Sergio Arboleda University, Bogotá, Colombia)
Chapter 10. The Central European Experience of War and Peace: The Nonviolent Czech Case
(Martina Klicperova-Baker, Institute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Hybernska, Praha)
Chapter 11. The European Union: A Case Study in Peace
(Stephen T. Satkiewicz, Independent Scholar, Detroit, Michigan, US)
Chapter 12. Mutual Assured Destruction as a Strategy for Peace
(João José Brandão Ferreira, Member of the Scientific Commission of the Portugese History Commision
Lisbon, Portugal)
Chapter 13. Conflict Resolution and Peace Building: Cultural Barriers and Facilitators
(Harsheeta Razora, PhD, and Updesh Kumar, Defence Institute of Psychological Research, Ministry of Defence, India)
Chapter 14. Resolution of International and Civil War Conflicts by Diplomatic and Military Means
(Harkirat Singh, Sherwood College, Nainital, India)
Chapter 15. Ideological and Policy Alternatives to the Resolution of Africa’s Perpetual Crisis: Is There a Worthy Policy or Ideological Alternative?
(Tseggai Isaac, PhD, Professor of Political Science, Missouri University of Science and Technology,
Rolla, Missouri, US)
Chapter 16. Coping with Violence and Adversity: General Typology and Concrete Illustrations on Czech Case
(Martina Klicperova-Baker, Institute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Hybernska, Praha)
Chapter 17. Orientations toward Achievable World Peace
(Frank J. Lucatelli and Nancy Ann Hayes, Personal Intelligence, Kalamazoo, MI, US)
Chapter 18. Building Peace in Times of Conflict: Examining Military Psychology through Gandhi’s Lens
(Swati Mukherjee, PhD, and Updesh Kumar, PhD, Defence Institute of Psychological Research, Defence R & D Organization, Ministry of Defence, New Delhi, India)
Chapter 19. Consciousness: The Bridge Between War and Peace
(Sandeep Gupta and Anand Shankar, Founder and Managing Partner, Mindfulness Insights LLP, New Delhi, India, and others)
Chapter 20. Polemology: The Pursuit for Lasting Peace
(Jacques J. Gouws, PhD, Human and System Interface Consulting Inc., Guelph, Ontario, Canada)
Chapter 21. Virtue as a Basis for Non-Violence and Creative Maladjustment: Humanistic and Positive Psychological Solutions to War and Violence
(Brent Dean Robbins, PhD, Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA, US)
Chapter 22. An Integrated Quantum Field Theory of Cosmos, Consciousness and Algorithmic Intelligence to Promote Peace
(Ernest Lawrence Rossi and Kathryn Lane Rossi, US)
Chapter 23. Education for Peace and Conflict Resolution
(Diana Vladimirovna Prokofyeva, Philosophy and Politics Faculty, Bashkir State University, Ufa, Russia)
Chapter 24. Is Peace Achievable?
(Marek J. Celinski, Andrzej R. Celinski and Kathryn M. Gow, Private Practice, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and others)
Index