The Children's Movement for Peace and Return to Happiness in Columbia,
Operation Fine Girl
exposing sexual violence in Sierra Leone, the Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management in the US, the Gerghof Foundation in Sri Lanka as an example of a diaspora working for peace in the homeland, Norwegian church aid in Mali, and the Nevada-Semipalatinsk anti-nuclear movement in Kazakhstan are among the 17 case studies described. Personal stories are interwoven, and another six essays reflect on the role of civil society in peace making generally. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR