Every War Has Two Losers: William Stafford on Peace and War

by William Stafford

Book Overview

Throughout most of the 20th century, from World War I until his death in 1993, America poet and pacifist William Stafford remained convinced that wars don't work. In his poetry and other writing, he showed that it is crucial to think independently when fanatics act and to speak for reconciliation when nations take sides. This inspiring volume collects the antiwar writings of this lifelong advocate for peace: journal excerpts, pacifist poems, interviews,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571312730
• ISBN13: 9781571312730
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Milkweed Editions
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.9" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

If A Book Could Save the World. . . it might be this one.

As a review of this book, I offer only that after reading less than a third of it, I ordered additional copies to give away to others. I can't think of another time that I have done this. Expect to be prodded by humor and deep thinking, and moved to joy and tears by Stafford's reflections on war and peace.