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