The Missing Peace: The Search for Nonviolent Alternatives in United States History, Second Expanded Edition

An ideal companion text for United States history survey courses, The Missing Peace contests the myth of redemptive violence that has formed the subtext of United States history courses for decades. James C. Juhnke and Carol M. Hunter view U.S. history from the perspective of mutuality and interdependence. They set out to lay the foundation for a less violent future by remembering the events and the people who worked for nonviolent alternatives, whose stories have been passed over in conventional historical writing. A highly readable book, with chapters focusing on each of the principal periods in U.S. history, from first contact with the Native peoples to the Cold War era and the present day. The expanded second edition contains an additional chapter on the post-Cold War world and the war on terrorism.