Peacemaking in the 1930s: a guide fer Canadians; Edited by
Thomas L. Ferry, M.D.; Gordon Soules Book Publishers Ltd.,

1991. $14.95, softcover

HAD this book with me when | attended a mew Cana-
dian friend's swearing-in ceremony. A woman sitting
next to me, intrigued by the subtitle ‘‘a guide for Ca-

nadians,”’ asked me about it.

Based on the little | had read of
it, }told her what | knew and
wondered if the book would live
up to my hopes and expectations.

During the ceremony the
presiding judge talked about all of
us having to do our part for the
environment. | applauded. Had 1
read the rest of the book at that
point, | would fikely have remain-
ed silent. Not because we
shouldn’t encourage efforts that
would benefit the environment,
but because | would have been
reminded of the futility of taking
one step forward and two
backward.

/Ithough Peacemaking in the
1990s offers pictures (black and
white), as well as a few easy steps,
it speaks to the fairly smal! and

, decreasing percentage of Cana-
dians who are indeed eager
readers. This, it does remarkably
well.

The book offers viable changes

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people like you and me at a loss as
to how to see changes brought
about: there is nothing on how to
Start a dialogue or how to lobby
the federal government.

Nonetheless, Thomas Perry has
brought together some of the
brightest minds on the issue of
peace. in 16 passionate and elo-
quent essays, the mosaic which
surfaces offers a convincing ra-
tionale for change.

The strength of the book lies in
the overwhelming sense of
agreement amongst the con-
tributors that, in order to address
such issues as the environmental
dilemmas which surround us, we
must simultaneously, if not first,
come to grips with our military
addiction.

Inasmuch as national spending
reflects national intention, the $13
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nually represents about 10 times
the national intention we focus on
our real environmental threats, not
to mention social issues or the
paying off of our national debt.

The book makes it abundantly
ciear that we Canadians are on the
cutting edge, that if we have the
guts to end our compliance with
the military industrial complex, we
will be in a better position to make
a difference.

The contributing authors in
Peacemaking in the 1990s include:
Mitsue Kubo, who tells her pez-
sonal story of what happened
when she was a young girl during
the atom bombing in Nagasaki;
Dr. Dorothy Goreski, who
describes the beautiful cora-
memorative peace lantern cere-
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in Vancouver; Br. Thomas Perry,
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establishment; Professor Michael
Wallace, who discusses Canadian
foreign policy; and Professor
James Foulks, who writes a suc-
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possible future avenues.

In both a moving and practical
chapter, psychiatrist Dr. Joanna
Santa Barbara addresses the
plight of chidren in war.

Peter Davies’ contribution is a
discussion on peace, truth and
justice in the Middle East.

in a letter to a friend’s newborn
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