Paul Chappell's background includes his experiences as a West Point graduate, Iraq War veteran and author. Paul relates what he discovered about waging peace from his time in the military. Paul also speaks about how Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. waged peace. Paul grew up in Alabama, the son of a half-black and half-white father who fought in the Korean and Vietnam wars, and a Korean mother. Paul's web site is www.peacefulrevolution.com.
Paul elaborates on three kinds of change that will aid us to bring about peace, societal change, spiritual change, and ideological change. Paul shows how these changes take place gradually. Paul details a non-violent approach that can be used on a personal, community, national and global levels to bring about a different approach to handling disagreements, violence and aggression.
"Captain Paul K. Chappell has given us a crucial look at war and peace from the unique perspective of a soldier, and his new ideas show us why world peace is both necessary and possible in the 21st century." ~ Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Source: C-SPAN: Book Discussion on The Art of Waging Peace
Music includes Rise Against - Hero Of War, Michael Franti & Spearhead - Bomb the World, Dan Rheault - Antiwar, Capitol Steps - Shoe Bomb, Solar Twins - Rock The Casbah, Phil Ochs - Talking Pay TV, Tom Lehrer - Be Prepared, The Lion King - Circle Of Life, Linda Tillery & Cultural Heritage Choir and Frie - Wayfaring Stranger, The New Lost City Ramblers - How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live, Roger Mozian - Asia Minor
C-SPAN: Book Discussion on The Art of Waging Peace http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/ArtofWag
also see http://greatspeechesandinterviews.blogspot.com/2014/04/waging-peace.html