Presents a history of pacifism and those who have protested against war, concentrating on war resistance in the United States, from colonial days up to the current movement against nuclear arms.
Presents the story of Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams, two women who began the Northern Ireland peace movement in the 1970s in hopes of ending the violence and political upheavals in their country.
Contains literary passages tracing the origins, historical development, and flowering of today's global peace movement. Also confronts the possibility of nuclear destruction.
A nine-year-old girl leads a march of children from Massachusetts to Washington, in protest against the President's new missile which is capable of destroying the earth.
An essay describing the establishment of the Nobel Peace Prize precedes chronologically organized profiles of all the individuals and organizations that have received the award since 1901.
