Wars dehumanize. This book humanizes.
Speaking Their Peace (STP) gives a voice to people who have not been heard before, people silenced by the trauma of conflict, gagged by fear and conformity, or muted by the world's indifference.
These are "ordinary" people -- mechanics and priests, lawyers and farmers, journalists and teachers, youngsters and retirees. But they have extraordinary stories to tell of life during wartime and their efforts to build a better, more peaceful life for themselves, their families, and their societies. They make clear that terms such as "rule of law," "justice," and "security" are not just intellectual notions but are of massive, real, and personal significance.
Their voices are unforgettable: powerfully, intimately human, heart-wrenching and heartwarming in equal measure, singing a song of horror or of hope.
With a foreword by the Dalai Lama, Speaking Their Peace is packed with eighty compelling interviews with people from eleven conflict zones across the world (Afghanistan, Burma/Myanmar, Iraq, Kosovo, Liberia, Libya, Nepal, Nicaragua, Peru, South Sudan, and Yemen). Photos capture the diversity and personalities of interviewees, while short profiles of each conflict provide background and context.
The United States Institute of Peace's Colette Rausch has put together a book that will change the way readers think about how people cope with war and the transition from war to peace.
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Speaking Their Peace: Personal Stories from the Frontlines of War and Peace,
by Colette Rausch, with a foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama