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A Leadership for Peace: How Edwin Ginn Tried to Change the Worldreviewed by Charles F. Howlett - February 08, 2007 Title: A Leadership for Peace: How Edwin Ginn Tried to Change the World Author(s): Robert I. Rotberg Publisher: Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA ISBN: 0804754551 , Pages: 264, Year: 2006 Search for book at Amazon.com Throughout American history peace activists have had to face the perpetual dilemma of what to do when the values of peace are in apparent conflict with decency, humanity, and justice (Curti, 1971, p.10). These were the very words put forth by Americas pioneer historian of the American peace movement and Pulitzer Prize-winner, Merle Curti. Certainly, Robert I. Rotbergs scholarly biography of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century peace leader, Edwin Ginn, highlights this fundamental problem regarding war and peace. This is a modest, yet effective, story of the successful Boston publisher who donated most of his fortune to the cause of world peace. The authors use of vocabulary and style is commendable. Rotberg, who is president of the World Peace Foundation, the organization Ginn established in 1910, is well-chosen for the task.
Rotbergs ability to place Ginn in proper perspective is not easily achieved. As the author points out, Ginn... (preview truncated at 150 words.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- Charles Howlett
Molloy College CHARLES F. HOWLETT teaches in the Graduate Education Division, Molloy College, where he is responsible for preparing teachers of Social Studies. Currently, he is a member of the Board of Editors of the Long Island Historical Journal. His areas of interest are American Intellectual and Social history, peace movements in America, and peace historiography. He is the author of Troubled Philosopher: John Dewey and the Struggle for World Peace; The American Peace Movement: References and Resources; Brookwood Labor College and the Struggle for Peace and Social Justice in America; and editor of History of the American Peace Movement, 1890-2000: The Emergence of a New Scholarly Discipline. Presently, he is at work on a joint project using primary source documents as teaching aids, along with a historical narrative tentatively entitled, Struggle against War: American Peace Activism in Thought and Practice.
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