Soldiers of Peace
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Soldiers of Peace, by West Point graduate and Iraq War veteran Paul K. Chappell, is the sixth book in his seven-book Road to Peace series.The titles in this important series can be read in any order. All are about waging peace, ending war, the art of living, and what it means to be human. In a world where so many “solutions” deal with surface symptoms rather than the root causes of our problems, Chappell's books provide real guidance we can follow to change ourselves and change the world for the better.In Soldiers of Peace, Paul discusses how to wield the weapon of nonviolence with maximum force so that we can understand, confront, and heal our personal and societal wounds.To create realistic peace we must be as well trained in waging peace as soldiers are in waging war. Chappell discusses how our misunderstanding of peace and violence originate from our misunderstanding about reality and the human condition itself.This book offers a new paradigm in human understanding by dispelling popular myths and revealing timeless truths about the reality of struggle, rage, trauma, empathy, the limitations of violence, the power of nonviolence, and the skills needed to create lasting peace. Through the educational initiative of peace literacy and the metaphor of the constellation of peace, Soldiers of Peace offers a practical framework so that all of us can apply this new paradigm to our daily lives, and therefore create realistic peace within our friendships, families, workplaces, communities, nations, and the entire world.In a time of increased strife and violence in our society, this book is more critically needed than ever.
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Paul Chappell. Soldiers of Peace
THE ROAD TO PEACE SERIES
AUTHOR’S NOTE
PREFACE. The Constellation of Peace. Reasons for Realistic Hope
Preliterate in Peace
The Seven Forms of Peace Literacy
Literacy in Our Shared Humanity
Literacy in the Art of Living
Literacy in the Art of Waging Peace
Literacy in the Art of Listening
Literacy in the Nature of Reality
Literacy in Our Responsibility to Animals
Literacy in Our Responsibility to Creation
Peace Literacy Means Survival Literacy
Humanity Sailing through Time
CHAPTER 1. The Star of Struggle. Time’s Ruthless Flow
Glorious through Hera
CHAPTER 2. The Star of Training. Becoming Fully Human
The Art of Listening
Odysseus and the Dangers of Language
Authentic Communication
CHAPTER 3. The Star of Truth. Why Romanticizing the Past. Endangers Humanity’s Future
The Peace Hero Ideal
Will Veritas Prevail Before It’s Too Late?
CHAPTER 4. The Star of Strategy. Romantic Illusions of Violence
Romantic Illusions versus Realistic Peace
Lady Justice
The Transformative Method of Waging Peace
The Pressure Method of Waging Peace
The Assistance Method of Waging Peace
The Peace Literacy Method of Waging Peace
NOTES
INDEX
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