The Nobel Peace Prize: What Nobel Really Wanted (Innbundet)

The Nobel Peace Prize: What Nobel Really Wanted. In this groundbreaking and controversial critique of the selections of Nobel Peace Prize winners, an eminent Norwegian lawyer and peace activist calls for its return to legal and moral compliance with the will of Alfred Nobel who wished to support disarmament to prevent war.* Presents a list of all 120 laureates accompanied by gradings of the committee's justification for each of their choices, the results shown in easy-to-understand tables* Each chapter concludes with a comprehensive list of additional resources for further research * Photos of Alfred Nobel and Bertha von Suttner, the two key individuals behind the Nobel Peace Prize* Bibliography points to approximately 100 books and articles on the history of the peace prize and relevant sources on military security versus peace politics* The included appendix, "How to Earn the Nobel Peace Prize" provides the criteria and qualifications required in Nobel's will, lists of those entitled to nominate, application address and deadline, and more

"This highly original and well argued critical examination of the record of the Norwegian Nobel Committee represents a milestone in serious discussion and scholarly literature about the Nobel Peace Prize which no student or commentator will be able to ignore. The originators of the Nobel Peace Prize (Alfred Nobel and Bertha von Suttner) have reason to be grateful to Fredrik Heffermehl, as has the entire peace movement working in their spirit." -- Dr. Peter van den Dungen, Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, UK "Fredrik Heffermehl has written a provocative book that all peace-minded people should read with a sense of urgency. By challenging current thinking surrounding the recent awards of the Nobel Peace Prize we are led not only to rethink what Nobel truly intended with this recognition, but also what peace does and should mean in the early 21st century." -- Prof. Richard Falk, Princeton "Fascinating evidence of how Nobel wished his prize to support visionary reforms of international relations while Norwegian politicians have deliberately and improperly pursued their own purposes." -- Bruce Kent, London, prominent leader of international and British peace organizations "Fredrik Heffermehl has done the world a great favor with his book. He shows that Norway has used the prize as a tool for its own foreign policy and obviously not been up to the task entrusted to it by Alfred Nobel." -- Johan Galtung, dr hc mult, Professor of Peace Studies, Founder of TRANSCEND "Fredrik Heffermehl has written an extraordinarily important pioneering study of the Nobel Peace Prize, a brilliant and original educational text written in a way that makes it most enjoyable reading also to the general public. No serious journalist who has read this unique in-depth analysis should again call this a prestigious prize. The Nobel Committee consists of people who have no competence in peace and therefore repeatedly have awarded the prize to other people than the 'champions for peace' Nobel had in mind." -- Jan Oberg, Sweden, PhD, Dr.hc., co-founder and director of TFF "This eye-opening book shows how the Norwegian Nobel Committee has ignored the recipe for human security and survival that Nobel entrusted to their care." -- Daniel Ellsberg, author of Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers "Heffermehl's book is an admirable achievement; through substantial insights into the last 100 years of history and politics he explains matters vital to humanity's future. He reveals how Nobel's original and visionary ideas of peace through disarmament have been betrayed and replaced by prizes tailored to suit the preferences of the political establishment in Norway or to honour various do-gooders instead of the "champions of peace" Nobel described in his will. Thus the prize is no longer a threat to the interests of the military-industrial complex." -- Eivind Otto Hjelle, lawyer, Chief Editor, TV-News (ret.) Norwegian Broadcas

Kategori: Referanse, informasjon og tverrfaglige emner

ISBN: 9780313387449

Forfatter: Fredrik S. Heffermehl

Språk: Engelsk

Format: Innbundet

Utgitt år: 2010

Sideantall: 239

Utgave: ukjent

Vekt: 724 g

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