A Selected Bibliography for Nonviolent Conflict Intervention Training
Legend
* The author endorses Nonviolent Peaceforce
** The book is published by or authored by staff, or former staff, of Nonviolent Peaceforceleaders or of a member
Books about peace teams
1. Nonviolent Peaceforce Feasibility Study , by Donna Howard, Mareike Junge, Corey Levine, Christine Schweitzer, Carl Stieren, Tim Wallis; Coordination: Christine Schweitzer, Research and Planning Director, Nonviolent Peaceforce. Hamburg/St. Paul September 2001, 371 pp. Downloadable in PDF or HTML format on-line “free” in English, French or Spanish, www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org , “Resources” section.** Available from Nonviolent Peaceforce in print. Purchase Feasibility Study
2. **Peace Training: Preparing Adults for Peacework and Nonviolent Intervention in Conflicts, Associations and Resources for Conflict Management Skills with contributions by Robert Rivers & Giannis Scotto (Eds.), Jan Mihalik, Frode Restad & Kai Frithjof Brand Jacobsen, Cluj:Express Press, 2008. Available for download in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian and Romanian at www.peacetraining.org/products.
3. Unarmed Bodyguards: International Accompaniment for the Protection of Human Rights , Mahony, Liam/ Eguren, Luis Enrique, West Hartford:Kumarian Press, 1997.
4. Taking a Stand: A Guide to Peace Teams and Accompaniment Projects, Boardman, Elizabeth F., (Gabriola Island, Canada, 2005), New Society Press. Available www.peaceteambook.org or via mail order from the Nonviolent Peaceforce, 425 Oak Grove St., Minneapolis, MN 44403 for $10.95 plus shipping ($4 first book; $1 additional books).
5. * Nonviolent Intervention Across Borders. A Recurrent Vision, Moser-Puangsuwan, Yeshua/ Weber, Thomas, (eds),Honolulu: Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace, 2000
6. ** Third-Party Nonviolent Intervention: Curriculum and Trainer's Manual, by Daniel Hunter and George Lakey, Training for Change 2004 , 634 pp. Available from www.trainingforchange.org on choice of CD or hard copy; partially downloadable “free.”
7.Civilian Peacekeeping: Preventing Violence and Making Space for Democracy , Schirch, Lisa. Uppsala, Sweden: Life and Peace Institute, 2005.
Books about nonviolence
Ackerman, Peter, A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict (also 6-part PBS series, Available on video)
*Boulding, Elise, Cultures of Peace, the Hidden Side of History (Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution)
Chopra, Deepak, Peace Is The Way
Deming, Barbara, Prison Notes of an Anti-War Activist
*Dalai Lama, Ethics for the New Millennium
Eknath, Easwaran, Nonviolent Soldier of Islam: Badshah Khan, a Man to Match His Mountains
Ellison, Sharon, Taking the War Out of Our Words: The Art of Powerful Non-Defensive Communication
Gandhi, M.K., Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth
**Glassman, Bernie, Bearing Witness: A Zen Master's Lessons In Making Peace
Hanh, Thich Nhat, Love in Action: Writings on Nonviolent Social Change; Creating True Peace: Ending Violence in Yourself, Your Family, Your Community and the World
King, Martin Luther, Jr. Testament of Hope: Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr.; Letter From Birmingham Jail
**Lerner, Rabbi Michael, Healing Israel/Palestine
**Nagler, Michael, The Search for a Nonviolent Future: A Promise of Peace for Ourselves, Our Families and the World (This is the re-named 2nd edition of the book: Is There No Other Way?: The Search for a Nonviolent Future)
**Richard, Alain, Roots of Violence in the U.S. Culture, a Diagnosis Toward Healing
**Rosenberg, Marshall B., Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
Sharp, Gene, Waging Nonviolent Struggle: 20 th Century Practice and 21 st Century Potential; The Politics of Nonviolent Action: Parts One to Three
**Slattery, Laura, Butigan, Ken, Pelcaric, Veronica and Preston-Pile, Ken, Engage: Exploring Nonviolent Living (from Pace E Bene Nonviolence Service).
**Wallis, Jim, God's Politics: A New Vision for Faith and Politics in America
Weber, Thomas, Gandhi's Peace Army: the Shanti Sena and Unarmed Peacekeeping
**Wink, Walter, ed. Peace is the Way: Writings on Nonviolence from the Fellowship of Reconciliation; Jesus and Nonviolence: A Third Way
Legend
* The author endorses Nonviolent Peaceforce
** The book is published by or authored by staff, or former staff, of Nonviolent Peaceforceleaders or of a member