About the Book

This collection of portraits focuses on the lives and communities of men and women central to non-violent movements for social change from the 18th century to the present. It includes internationally known figures such as Thomas Paine, Leo Tolstoy, Mohandas Gandhi, Dorothy Day, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela, as well as abolitionists, feminists, labor organizers, war resisters, and Catholic workers, known for their courage, intelligence, imagination, resourcefulness, and deep commitment to the common good. Their country is the world; their compatriots are all humankind.

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About the Author / Editor

Michael True, former president, International Peace Research Association Foundation, is the author of ten books including “An Energy Field More Intense Than War: The Nonviolent Tradition and American Literature”, and “Ordinary People: Family Life and Global Values”. Emeritus Professor, Assumption College, he also taught at Duke University and Columbia University and as a Fulbright Scholar at University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, and Utkal University, Bhubaneswar.

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