Peace and Conflict Studies

Peace and Conflict Studies, 1st Edition, 2002, by David P. Barash (Author), and Charles P. Webel (Author). Notes and markings in the book.

This core textbook comprehensively introduces students to the relatively young interdisciplinary field of peace and conflict studies. This field is unabashedly value-oriented, and although the authors are up front about their own values and opinions, they attempt to present all sides of complex debates to assist students in forming personal and social opinions, insisting only that those opinions be informed by serious intellectual effort. A hallmark of the book is an effort to encourage independent and critical thinking among student readers.