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Viva Books Private Limited Opting Out Of War by Mary B Anderson Violent Conflict
How do “ordinary” people, neither pacifist nor peace activists, come to decide collectively to eschew violent conflict and then develop strategies for maintaining their region as a nonwar area despite myriad pressures to the contrary? Mary Anderson and Marshall Wallace analyze the experiences of thirteen “nonwar” communities that made conscious effective—choices not to engage in the fighting that surrounded them. Tracing the steps that these communities took, the strategies that evolved in each setting in response to local circumstances, the authors find lessons, as well, with broader relevance for international efforts to prevent violent conflict. About the authors: Mary B. Anderson is the author of do no harm: how aid can support peaceðor war and rising from the ashes: development strategies in times of disaster. She retired from her position as executive director of cda collaborative learning projects in 2009. Marshall Wallace is director of the do no harm project at cda collaborative learning projects and also directed cda’s steps toward conflict prevention project.