The Words of Peace: Selections from the Speeches of the Winners of the Nobel Peace Prize - Hardcover

Irwin Abrams is Distinguished University Progessor Emeritus at Antioch University, and the the author of the award-winning book The Nobel Peace Prize and the Laureates. One of the country's foremost scholars on the history of the Nobel Peace Prize, he participated in the postwar reconstruction work of the American Friends Service Committee, joint winner of the 1947 Nobel Peace Prize.

Grouped by subthemes such as bonds of humanity, human rights, and the tragedy of war, these quotations express a variety of outlooks on peace. Most are a paragraph in length, although some run a page. Biographical notes briefly identify the speaker and/or the organization represented. The chronology lists all winners of the prize. Jimmy Carter's foreword discusses these "heroes of peace" and unifies the concepts presented in their speeches.
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