Senator Douglas Roche, a former journalist, diplomat, and educator who has also served at the UN, has been actively involved in issues related to disarmament and development for 30 years. His passion for the subject is evident in this, his latest of 16 books. Here, Roche argues persuasively for the need to supplant our current culture of war with a culture of peace. Such an argument might seem like youthful idealism, but Roche’s impressive credentials combined with years of experience travelling in regions devastated by war and poverty lend his ideas a credibility, even a pragmatism, that is hard to dismiss. Read more…