Empire is the swamp of the night. Nothing moves in this swamp, except relentless corruption, stealing, rape, and perpetual war. The corruption keeps society small in its self-perception, and impotent. Empire is devoid of humanity. The story is of a fictionalized recruitment, staged in Venice, Italy, to the ice cold hell of crippling fascism.
Winning Without Victory projects the Westphalian Principle of an active peace, the win/win principle that leaves no one vanquished but uplifts the world, where the advantage of the other is the keystone for an enriched civilization. This humanist foundation is a fit platform for meeting the Ice Age challenge, the most severe challenge in the entire history of humanity.
The book presented here (Book 7) is a part of a series of selected chapters from my novel, Winning Without Victory. The multi-part series is created to highlight that Active Peace, though it is achievable, is not simplistic, but has many facets, with each being profound.