The Movement for the Abolition of War

Book Recommendations

MAW originally compiled the book list below as a resource for the annual International Day of Peace on 21 September. We invited leading booksellers to create a display marking the Day of Peace and suggested this list from which they could select titles, and we invited members to ask local bookshops to take part as well.

Also on this site, we have a number of interesting book reviews, and a list of recommended books for children.

Also, for the centenary of the First World War, Housmans booksellers put together a list of some recommended books on the subject.

Ordered by title

All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections
Mahatma Gandhi, Krishna Kripalani (Continuum 1997) ISBN 9780826400031

Amity in the Middle East: How the World Sports Peace Project and the Passion for Football brought together Arab and Jewish Youngsters
Geoffrey Whitfield (Alpha Press 2006) ISBN 9781898595489

As Used on the Famous Nelson Mandela
Mark Thomas (Ebury Press 2007) ISBN 9780091909222

Bending the Rules: The twenty-first century morality
Robert A Hinde (OUP 2008) ISBN 9780199218981

Beyond Terror: The Truth About the Real Threats to Our World
Chris Abbott, Paul Rogers and John  Sloboda (Rider 2007) ISBN 978-1-8460-4070-2

Briand – Man of Peace
Valentine Thompson (Read Books 2007) ISBN 9781406755930

Civil Disobedience
Henry David Thoreau (Presa Press 2006) ISBN 9780974086811

CND – Now More Than Ever: the story of a peace movement
Kate Hudson (Vision Paperbacks) ISBN 9781904132691

Education for Peace
ed Robert Hinde and Donald Parry (Spokesman 1989) ISBN 978 0 85124 513 3

Ending War: the Force of Reason
Maxwell Bruce and Tom Milne (Macmillan 1999) ISBN 0333774825

Freedom from Nuclear Weapons: world court coalition ed
George Farebrother (Spokesman 2007) ISBN 978 0 85124 748 9

Gandhi – A Very Short Introduction
Bhikhu Paraekh (OUP 2001) ISBN 9780192854575

Human Smoke
Nicholson Baker (Simon & Schuster 2008) ISBN 9781847373038

Kofi Annan: A Man of Peace in a World of War
Stanley Meisler (John Wiley 2008) ISBN 13 9780470281697

Losing Control: Global Security in the 21st Century
Paul Rogers (Pluto Press 2002) ISBN 9780745319094
or
Losing Control: Global Security in the 21st Century
Paul Rogers (Pluto Press 2002) ISBN 0745319092

Making Terrorism History
Schilla Elworthy and Gabrielle Rifkind (Rider 2004) ISBN 9781846040474

Non-Violence: The History of a Dangerous Idea
Mark Kurlansky (Vintage 2007) ISBN 9780099494126

Peace – 50 years of protest, 1958-2008
Barry Miles (Anova Books/Collins & Brown 2008) ISBN 9781843404576

Peace: A History of Movements and Ideas
David Cortright (CUP 2008) ISBN 9780521854023 & 9780521670005

People, Peace and Power: Conflict Transformation in Action
Diana Francis (Pluto Press 2002) ISBN 9780745318356

Political Writings
Henry  David Thoreau (CUP 1996) ISBN 9780521476751 OR

Rethinking War and Peace
Diana Francis (Pluto Press 2004) ISBN 9780 7453 21875

Searching for Peace
Johan Galtung & Carl G.Jacobsen (Pluto Press 2002) ISBN 9780745319285

The Anti-War Quote Book
Eric Groves (Quirkbooks 2008) ISBN 9781594742293

The Carnage Continues… And now for Trident
Ken Coates, Noam Chomsky, Harold Pinter (Spokesman 2006) ISBN 9780851247298

The Complaint of Peace
Desiderius Erasmus (Cosimo Inc 2004) ISBN 9781596050198

The No-Nonense Guide to Conflict and Peace
ed Helen Ware (New Internationalist  Publications 2006) ISBN 9781904456421

The Palace of Crystal: a world without war
Harry Davis (Arena Books 2007) ISBN 13 978 0 9556055 0 5

The Search for a Nonviolent Future
Michael Nagler (Inner Ocean Publishing 2004) ISBN 9781930722408

The Trillion Dollar War: the true cost of the Iraq conflict
Joseph E. Stiglitz and Linda J. Bilmes (Allen Lane 2008) ISBN 9781846141287

The Unfinished Twentieth Century: the crisis of weapons of mass destruction
Jonathan Schell (Verso Books 2003) ISBN 9781859844939

The War On Terror: how should Christians respond?
Nick Solly Megoran (Inter-Varsity Press 2007) ISBN 9781844741755

Unarmed Heroes; the courage to go beyond violence
ed Scilla Elworthy, Anita Roddick, Francesca Cerletti (Temple Lodge Publishing/Clairview Books 2004) ISBN 9781902636528

Voices for Peace – An Anthology
ed Anna Kiernan (Simon & Schuster/Scribner 2001) ISBN 9780743230667

Waging Peace
Scott Ritter (Avalon Publishing Group/Nation Books 2007) ISBN 9781568583280

War – A Cruel Necessity? – Bases of Institutionalised Violence
Robert Hinde, Helen Watson (IB Taurus & Co1994) ISBN 9781850438243

War Law
Michael Byers (Atlantic Books 2005) ISBN 1843543389

War No More – Eliminating Conflict in the Nuclear Age
Robert Hinde & Joseph Rotblat (Pluto Press 2003) ISBN 9780745321912

War Prevention Works
Dylan Matthews (Oxford Research Group 2001)

Ordered by author

Abbott, Chris: Beyond Terror: The Truth About the Real Threats to Our World Chris Abbott,
Paul Rogers and John  Sloboda (Rider 2007) ISBN 978-1-8460-4070-2

Baker, Nicholson: Human Smoke
Nicholson Baker (Simon & Schuster 2008) ISBN 9781847373038

Bilmes, Linda: The Trillion Dollar War: the true cost of the Iraq conflict
Joseph E. Stiglitz and Linda J. Bilmes (Allen Lane 2008) ISBN 9781846141287

Bruce, Maxwell: Ending War: the Force of Reason Maxwell
Bruce and Tom Milne (Macmillan 1999) ISBN 0333774825

Byers, Michael: War Law
Michael Byers (Atlantic Books 2005) ISBN 1843543389

Cerletti, Francesca: Unarmed Heroes; the courage to go beyond violence
ed Scilla Elworthy, Anita Roddick, Francesca Cerletti (Temple Lodge Publishing/Clairview Books 2004) ISBN 9781902636528

Chomsky, Noam: The Carnage Continues… And now for Trident
Ken Coates, Noam Chomsky, Harold Pinter (Spokesman 2006) ISBN 9780851247298

Coates, Ken: The Carnage Continues… And now for Trident
Ken Coates, Noam Chomsky, Harold Pinter (Spokesman 2006) ISBN 9780851247298

Cortright, David: Peace: A History of Movements and Ideas
David Cortright (CUP 2008) ISBN 9780521854023 & 9780521670005

Davis, Harry: The Palace of Crystal: a world without war
Harry Davis (Arena Books 2007) ISBN 13 978 0 9556055 0 5

Elworthy, Schilla: Making Terrorism History
Schilla Elworthy and Gabrielle Rifkind (Rider 2004) ISBN 9781846040474

Elworthy, Scilla: Unarmed Heroes; the courage to go beyond violence
ed Scilla Elworthy, Anita Roddick, Francesca Cerletti (Temple Lodge Publishing/Clairview Books 2004) ISBN 9781902636528

Erasmus, Desiderius: The Complaint of Peace
Desiderius Erasmus (Cosimo Inc 2004) ISBN 9781596050198

Farebrother, George: Freedom from Nuclear Weapons: world court coalition
ed George Farebrother (Spokesman 2007) ISBN 978 0 85124 748 9

Francis, Diana: People, Peace and Power: Conflict Transformation in Action
Diana Francis (Pluto Press 2002) ISBN 9780745318356

Francis, Diana: Rethinking War and Peace
Diana Francis (Pluto Press 2004) ISBN 9780 7453 21875

Galtung, Johan: Searching for Peace
Johan Galtung & Carl G.Jacobsen (Pluto Press 2002) ISBN 9780745319285

Gandhi, Mahatma: All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections
Mahatma Gandhi, Krishna Kripalani (Continuum 1997) ISBN 9780826400031

Groves, Eric: The Anti-War Quote Book
Eric Groves (Quirkbooks 2008) ISBN 9781594742293

Hinde, Robert: Bending the Rules: The twenty-first century morality
Robert A Hinde (OUP 2008) ISBN 9780199218981

Hinde, Robert: Education for Peace
ed Robert Hinde and Donald Parry (Spokesman 1989) ISBN 978 0 85124 513 3

Hinde, Robert: War – A Cruel Necessity? – Bases of Institutionalised Violence
Robert Hinde, Helen Watson (IB Taurus & Co1994) ISBN 9781850438243

Hinde, Robert: War No More – Eliminating Conflict in the Nuclear Age
Robert Hinde & Joseph Rotblat (Pluto Press 2003) ISBN 9780745321912

Hudson, Kate: CND – Now More Than Ever: the story of a peace movement
Kate Hudson (Vision Paperbacks) ISBN 9781904132691

Jacobsen, Carl: Searching for Peace
Johan Galtung & Carl G.Jacobsen (Pluto Press 2002) ISBN 9780745319285

Kiernan, Anna: Voices for Peace – An Anthology
ed Anna Kiernan (Simon & Schuster/Scribner 2001) ISBN 9780743230667

Kripalani, Krishna: All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections
Mahatma Gandhi, Krishna Kripalani (Continuum 1997) ISBN 9780826400031

Kurlansky, Mark: Non-Violence: The History of a Dangerous Idea
Mark Kurlansky (Vintage 2007) ISBN 9780099494126

Matthews, Dylan: War Prevention Works
Dylan Matthews (Oxford Research Group 2001)

Megoran, Nick: The War On Terror: how should Christians respond?
Nick Solly Megoran (Inter-Varsity Press 2007) ISBN 9781844741755

Meisler, Stanley: Kofi Annan: A Man of Peace in a World of War
Stanley Meisler (John Wiley 2008) ISBN 13 9780470281697

Miles, Barry: Peace – 50 years of protest, 1958-2008
Barry Miles (Anova Books/Collins & Brown 2008) ISBN 9781843404576

Milne, Tom: Ending War: the Force of Reason
Maxwell Bruce and Tom Milne (Macmillan 1999) ISBN 0333774825

Nagler, Michael: The Search for a Nonviolent Future
Michael Nagler (Inner Ocean Publishing 2004) ISBN 9781930722408

Paraekh, Bhikhu: Gandhi – A Very Short Introduction
Bhikhu Paraekh (OUP 2001) ISBN 9780192854575

Parry, Donald: Education for Peace
ed Robert Hinde and Donald Parry (Spokesman 1989) ISBN 978 0 85124 513 3

Pinter, Harold: The Carnage Continues… And now for Trident
Ken Coates, Noam Chomsky, Harold Pinter (Spokesman 2006) ISBN 9780851247298

Rifkind, Gabrielle: Making Terrorism History
Schilla Elworthy and Gabrielle Rifkind (Rider 2004) ISBN 9781846040474

Ritter, Scott: Waging Peace
Scott Ritter (Avalon Publishing Group/Nation Books 2007) ISBN 9781568583280

Roddick, Anita: Unarmed Heroes; the courage to go beyond violence
ed Scilla Elworthy, Anita Roddick, Francesca Cerletti (Temple Lodge Publishing/Clairview Books 2004) ISBN 9781902636528

Rogers, Paul: Beyond Terror: The Truth About the Real Threats to Our World
Chris Abbott, Paul Rogers and John  Sloboda (Rider 2007) ISBN 978-1-8460-4070-2

Rogers, Paul: Losing Control: Global Security in the 21st Century
Paul Rogers (Pluto Prerss 2002) ISBN 9780745319094
or
Rogers, Paul: Losing Control: Global Security in the 21st Century
Paul Rogers (Pluto Press 2002) ISBN 0745319092

Rotblat, Joseph: War No More – Eliminating Conflict in the Nuclear Age
Robert Hinde & Joseph Rotblat (Pluto Press 2003) ISBN 9780745321912

Schell, Jonathan: The Unfinished Twentieth Century: the crisis of weapons of mass destruction
Jonathan Schell (Verso Books 2003) ISBN 9781859844939

Sloboda, John: Beyond Terror: The Truth About the Real Threats to Our World
Chris Abbott, Paul Rogers and John  Sloboda (Rider 2007) ISBN 978-1-8460-4070-2

Stiglitz, Joseph: The Trillion Dollar War: the true cost of the Iraq conflict
Joseph E. Stiglitz and Linda J. Bilmes (Allen Lane 2008) ISBN 9781846141287

Thomas, Mark: As Used on the Famous Nelson Mandela
Mark Thomas (Ebury Press 2007) ISBN 9780091909222

Thompson, Valentine: Briand – Man of Peace
Valentine Thompson (Read Books 2007) ISBN 9781406755930

Thoreau, Henry: Civil Disobedience  
Henry David Thoreau (Presa Press 2006) ISBN 9780974086811

Thoreau, Henry: Political Writings
Henry  David Thoreau (CUP 1996) ISBN 9780521476751

Ware, Helen: The No-Nonense Guide to Conflict and Peace
ed Helen Ware (New Internationalist  Publications 2006) ISBN 9781904456421

Watson, Helen: War – A Cruel Necessity? – Bases of Institutionalised Violence
Robert Hinde, Helen Watson (IB Taurus & Co1994) ISBN 9781850438243

Whitfield, Geoffrey: Amity in the Middle East: How the World Sports Peace Project and the Passion for Football brought together Arab and Jewish Youngsters
Geoffrey Whitfield (Alpha Press 2006) ISBN 9781898595489