How Children Understand War and Peace: A Call for International Peace Education

"This landmark book will help open the way to advances in researchon the development of children's conceptions of peace and on thepractice of peace education." (Milton Schwebel, editor, Peace andConflict: Journal of Peace Psychology)

"I welcome this important new book. The editors and contributorshave given us a new and valuable account of how young peopleunderstand the essential issues of war and peace. Not only is thisa large step forward in the study of child and adolescent socialcognition, but, in addition, the knowledge base in this booksuggests ways to educate the younger generation toward morepeaceful resolutions of dangerous social conflicts." (WilliamDamon, professor and director, Stanford Center onAdolescence)

"The first comprehensive overview of current research on children'sunderstanding of peace, conflict, and war, this book shows therichness of children's understanding in its sociocultural context.It challenges us to think deeply about the connections betweenhuman development, war, and peace and about how to educate for aculture of peace." (Michael G. Wessells, professor of psychology,Randolph-Macon College)

"This comprehensive book discusses research on how peace, conflict,and war are interpreted by youngsters from different cultures andhow such knowledge can help educators contribute to building peace.Anyone interested in peace and conflict, child development, andeducation will find many useful insights and a wealth of diverseapproaches for working with children in this important new book."(?ke Bjerstedt, professor emeritus of education, Lund University,Sweden)