Whose Priorities?
A guide for campaigners on military and social spending
by Colin Archer
IPB Secretary-General

This book is a follow-up to IPB's earlier volume Warfare or Welfare? Disarmament for Development in the 21st Century.While that work attempted to describe the nature of the problems facing us, the new publication sketches out some approaches to campaigning in opposition to militarism, and offers summary accounts of 18 projects undertaken by civil society groups around the world.

Full text available here. Published 2007, 76pp, A4 format, illustrated. ISBN: 92-95006-04-6. German copy here.

Price: 20 CHF + postage. Discounts offered for IPB members and for bulk orders.

Order from IPB Secretariat. Methods of payment here.

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RE: Disarmament for Development

IPB´s new book, Warfare or Welfare, sets out information and arguments that form the basis of IPB´s new programme, Disarmament for Development. You can preview some chapters of the book in various parts of this site. The two principal themes are military spending and the effects of weapons systems on development. We encourage all IPB members and supporters to order copies. It is also available in Geneva.

Details: 100pp, A4 format, front cover colour, glossy, spiral bound for easy photocopying, and weighs 295gm.

COST: £5 per single copy plus £1 postage. For orders of 5 or over: £3 per copy plus 20% added for postage. Cheques should be made out to IPB and sent with order to Bruce Kent at: Movement for Abolition of War, 11 Venetia Rd, London N4 1EJ, UK.

10 Euros for single copy (incl. postage) or the equivalent in any other currency. Same reduction for 5 or more.

You may also download parts of the book below in increments shown on this page.

Edition francophone: "De l'insécurité des armes à la sécurité humaine"
(translation: Ben Cramer, Paris) is now available.
Click here for complete text (187 pp).

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Recommended reading for peace negotiators

Lessons learned from achievements and failures in peace agreements over the past decade: a strategy for peace process optimization. From War to Peace by Caroline Guinard (Nonviolence International, South East Asia Office).

A practical handbook for peace negotiators (either governmental or non-state actors, or others), drawing on nine specific country studies of transitions from armed conflict to peace.

Co-published by the International Peace Bureau and Nonviolence International and funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland.

176pp, 2002, soft covers. ISBN 92-95006-02-X
Price : CHF 25 or £10 or US$20 or EURO 17

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Now in 18 languages

Peace is Possible, edited by former IPB Vice-President Fredrik.S. Heffermehl, can now be read in 18 languages.

This captivating International Peace Bureau book was created to show - with personal stories and practical experience recounted by people like Nelson Mandela, Dalai Lama, Jody Williams, Daniel Ellsberg, Howard Zinn and unknown grass root activists - that everyone can find their way to contribute, and that the peace movement makes a real difference in today´s world. In fact, our future depends on it.
Go to special website:
http://www.peaceispossible.info/

For more IPB books, see:
Catalogue of Publications Jan 2007

PUBLISHED IPB STUDIES ON DISARMAMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT

"Corruption in the Arms Trade" – Emma Henriksson

"Small Arms and Development" – Melina Heinrich

"Conflict Diamonds and Human Security in Sierra Leone" – Mathias Ekah Nnane

"A Climate of War: Climate Change as a Security Issue" – Ben Buckland

"Four Key Concepts in Implementing Article 4 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child," IPB Submission to the CRC Day of Discussion Sept. 2007 “Resources for the Rights of the Child – Responsibility of States” - Bruce Abramson and Clara DiDio

"The Military’s Impact on the Environment" – David Hay-Edie and Colin Archer (2002)

"Armed Forces, Civil Society and Democratic Control: Concepts and Challenges" - Samuel Flückiger (Feb. 2008)

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