Strength Through Peace - How Demilitarization Led to Peace Happiness in Costa Rica, What Rest

List of contents

• 1. Pursuing the Paradox


• 2. War and Human Nature


• 3. Costa Rica's Demilitarization


• 4. Demilitarization Elsewhere


• 5. Good Luck


• 6. Good Decisions


• 7. The Past as Prologue


• 8. Guns and Butter, Bananas and Coffee


• 9. Safety, Security, Defense and Deterrence


• 10. Conclusion: On the Fragility of Good Things

About the author

David P. Barash is an evolutionary biologist, Professor of Psychology emeritus at the University of Washington, and author of more than 200 technical research articles, and 39 books. He is also a long-time peace activist and was named by a right-wing organization as one of the 64 most dangerous professors in the US.

Judith Eve Lipton is a psychiatrist who practiced psychopharmacology and psychosomatic medicine for 30 years. She learned sociobiology from David Barash, and they went on to maximize their fitness by investing in 4 children and 7 grandchildren, so far, not to mention co-authoring 8 books, about war, sex, and human nature. She is passionate about animals, peace, and the prevention of nuclear war.

Summary

Costa Rica is the only fully demilitarized, completely independent country in the world. Through good luck, good leadership, and good decisions, Costa Rica has become arguably the sanest and most progressive country on earth. This book examines how and why Costa Rica is safe and independent without any military at all, and what the rest of us can learn from its success.

Product details

• Authors: David P Barash, David P. Barash, Barash David P., Judith Eve Lipton, Judith Eve Barash Lipton, Lipton Judith Eve
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.11.2018
• EAN: 9780199924974
• ISBN: 978-0-19-992497-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Ethnic Studies, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, Social, group or collective psychology, Peace studies and conflict resolution, History of the Americas, Peace studies & conflict resolution, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity