Peace for Our Time : A Reflection on War and Peace and a Third World War

Nicholas Hagger

ISBN 10: 1785357069 / ISBN 13: 9781785357060

Editore: Obooks Mär 2018, 2018

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Neuware - In this remarkable memoir Nicholas Hagger reflects on war and peace and on 'peace for our time', Chamberlain s haunting words in 1938 that ushered in the Second World War. Peace then turned out to be an illusion shattered by the outbreak of hostilities. Will world peace again turn out to be an illusion With a lightness of touch Nicholas Hagger addresses the burning issue of our time - whether a new world structure can avert a new world war - and unveils a vision of a better, safer world for our grandchildren. This stimulating work will fascinate and inspire a new generation looking beyond nation-state self-interest to world unity.

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• Titolo: Peace for Our Time : A Reflection on War and Peace and a Third World War
• Editore: Obooks Mär 2018
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1785357069
• ISBN 13: 9781785357060
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 229 L x 150 A x 18 P (millimetri) 229 millimetri di larghezza per 150 millimetri di altezza per 18 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 408 grammi

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In this remarkable memoir Nicholas Hagger reflects on war and peace and on 'peace for our time', Chamberlain’s haunting words in 1938 that ushered in the Second World War. Peace then turned out to be an illusion shattered by the outbreak of hostilities. Will world peace again turn out to be an illusion? With a lightness of touch Nicholas Hagger addresses the burning issue of our time - whether a new world structure can avert a new world war - and unveils a vision of a better, safer world for our grandchildren. This stimulating work will fascinate and inspire a new generation looking beyond nation-state self-interest to world unity.

Informazioni sull?autore

Nicholas Hagger is a poet, man of letters, cultural historian and philosopher. He has lectured in English Literature at the University of Baghdad in Iraq and the University of Libya, and was a Professor of English Literature at Tokyo University of Education, Keio University and Tokyo University in Japan. He has studied Islamic and Oriental philosophy, and led a group of Universalist philosophers. He is the author of more than 40 books. These comprise a substantial literary output of over 2,000 poems, including over 300 classical odes; two poetic epics; 5 verse plays and a masque; 1,200 short stories; travelogues; and innovatory works in literature, history and philosophy. Following his recent work in setting up a World State, which his two epic poems heralded, he was awarded the Gusi Peace Prize 2016 for Literature.