Jonathan Schell Livres

An analytical account of the nation's political life and key related events and presidential activities during the Nixon years, ascribing to them a logic, coherence, and meaning not discernable at the time

When Jonathan Schell heard all that loose talk about attainment of objectives in a limited nuclear war, it was too much for him. He did what all of us would like to do: he wrote a book. It's very pessimistic. The mere presence of all those weapons is enough to ensure that sometime, somewhere, someone is going to set one off. Schell makes sure all of us know the horrendous possibilities of a nuclear exchange and all the reasons for bringing such possibilities to a halt. Everyone agrees. The question is, how do we get these monsters under control?A republic of insects and grassThe second deathThe choiceIndex

Throughout history civilization has been shaped by war. Now, after a century of unprecedented devastation, it seems humankind is preparing to embark on another cycle of violence. Are we condemned to be in a state of perpetual warfare? In this lucid, impassioned, provocative book Schell shows how the underlying dynamics of history have often been shaped not by military actions, but by battles for the hearts and minds of the people. His close re-examinations of the British, French and Russian revolutions, the collapse of Soviet power in eastern Europe in 1989, the war in Vietnam and other key moments in history illustrate how all these events can be understood in a new way when viewed through the prism of non-violence. Now that recent events in Iraq have borne out the force of Schell's arguments - that it is not always the military battles that matter most - this inspiring book shows that there is, and always has been, an alternative to war as a way of directing human society.

Jugoslawien, Afghanistan, Irak: Wir sind dabei, uns an den Krieg zu gewöhnen, und ständig entstehen auf der Welt neue Konflikte, denen meist mit Gewalt entgegnet wird. Jonathan Schell, der mit dem „Schicksal der Erde“ seinerzeit ein Gründungsmanifest aller ökologischen Politik vorgelegt hat, widerspricht dieser Scheinlogik der Gewalt und zeigt, dass Freiheit und Demokratie in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten immer gewaltfrei erkämpft wurden.