The importance of forgiveness and the futility of revenge : case studies in contemporary international politics / Audrey Wells.
Wells, Audrey, author.
2022
JZ1253
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Title
The importance of forgiveness and the futility of revenge : case studies in contemporary international politics / Audrey Wells.
Author
Wells, Audrey, author.
ISBN
9783030875527 (electronic bk.)
3030875520 (electronic bk.)
3030875512
9783030875510
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87552-7
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022.
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxi, 208 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-87552-7 doi
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JZ1253
Dewey Decimal Classification
327.101/4
Summary
Forgiveness is important in international politics because it can save thousands of lives. Its opposite, vengefulness, has played a significant part in various wars of the 20th and 21st centuries. These conflicts are examined in this book, showing how forgiveness could have avoided the tremendous ensuing bloodshed. Despite its importance, in the context of international relations, forgiveness as a means of preventing the outbreak of war (as opposed to facilitating reconciliation after conflicts) has largely been neglected as a subject of study. Indeed, it has also been ignored by politicians, as a result of which there are few examples of forgiveness to study compared with those of revenge. This book reflects this reality, but also seeks to change it by raising public awareness of the importance of forgiveness in international affairs and the need to demand that political leaders explore this avenue. The book also provides a succinct, informative guide to the background of today's international affairs. Each chapter can be read independently and highlights either forgiveness in action or the futility and loss of life caused by vengefulness, demonstrating where and how forgiveness could have made a dramatic difference.
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Contributions to international relations, 2731-507X
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Chapter 1. Forgiveness and Revenge
Part 1. Forgiveness towards a Foreign Enemy and the Futility of Revenge
Chapter 2. Robert Schuman, Forgiveness and the Founding of the EU
Chapter 3. 9/11: the USA's Revenge on Afghanistan
Chapter 4. Iraq 2003: Deluded Revenge
Chapter 5. Libya and the West: A Cycle of Revenge
Chapter 6. USA and Iran
Chapter 7. Is America a Vengeful Democracy?
Part 2. The West's Unforgiving Responses to Russia and China
Chapter 8. Russophobia: the Ukraine Conflict, the Skripal Affair
Chapter 9. Belarus: Forgiveness; Russophobia Impedes Mediation
Chapter 10. Sinophobia
Chapter 11. Political Vengeance has Harmed China's Development
Part 3. Forgiveness between Ethnic Groups or to an Occupying Power
Chapter 12. Mahatma Gandhi's Rejection of Revenge
Chapter 13. Israel and the Palestinians: the Futility of Violent Revenge
Chapter 14. Forgiveness and the Irish Conflict
Chapter 15. Nelson Mandela: Faith, Force and Forgiveness
Part 4. Forgiveness during or after Civil War
Chapter 16. The Relevance of Forgiveness and Revenge to the Syrian Civil War
Chapter 17. Forgiveness after Civil War: Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Colombia and South Sudan
Chapter 18. A Leadership of Forgiveness
Chapter 19. Political Apologies, Forgiveness and Reparations
Chapter 20. The Limits of Forgiveness (1): Islamic Jihadism in Africa
Chapter 21. The Limits of Forgiveness (2): Myanmar Under the Generals
Chapter 22. The Forgiveness of Debts.

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