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Peacemakers: How People Around the World are Building a World Free of War
Douglas Roche
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Description for Peacemakers: How People Around the World are Building a World Free of War
Paperback. " A world without war: this is the vision that Douglas Roche has pursued for decades. A long-time Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament, Canadian ambassador for disarmament, and later a senator, Roche has been in the thick of international affairs for more than forty years. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPS. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 300.
A world without war: this is the vision that Douglas Roche has pursued for decades. A long-time Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament, Canadian ambassador for disarmament, and later a senator, Roche has been in the thick of international affairs for more than forty years. Though few of us realize it, today the world is more peaceful than in past centuries. Wars have diminished destruction dramatically in the past two decades. This is no accident -- it is the cumulative result of the work of the world's peacemakers. Sometimes in public, often behind the scenes, talented high achievers ... Read more
A world without war: this is the vision that Douglas Roche has pursued for decades. A long-time Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament, Canadian ambassador for disarmament, and later a senator, Roche has been in the thick of international affairs for more than forty years. Though few of us realize it, today the world is more peaceful than in past centuries. Wars have diminished destruction dramatically in the past two decades. This is no accident -- it is the cumulative result of the work of the world's peacemakers. Sometimes in public, often behind the scenes, talented high achievers ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
James Lorimer & Company Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781459406230
SKU
V9781459406230
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About Douglas Roche
DOUGLAS ROCHE was Canada's Ambassador for Disarmament to the UN from 1984 to 1989, serving as Chairman of the UN Disarmament Committee in 1988. He is an author, parliamentarian, and diplomat, who has specialized throughout his forty-year public career in peace and human security issues. He lectures widely on peace and nuclear disarmament themes. Roche is the author of twenty-one ... Read more
Reviews for Peacemakers: How People Around the World are Building a World Free of War
This is serious stuff, and will probably appeal only to serious students of such matters, but I find it particularly significant that Douglas Roche just happens to be a member of possibly the most enlightened of the western world's government, in Canada.
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