Waging Peace: Reflections on peace and war from an unconventional woman

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See our Returns Policy. Waging Peace is a parting message from an older generation to the next. Deveson came from a generation who saw wars too often. Deveson is not prescriptive but asks us to consider her arguments. Anne Deveson and other peace campaigners of her generation trod that difficult path of walking the talk.

Deveson risked disapproval by raising issues in public that needed to be addressed such as homelessness, mental illness and domestic violence. She exposed herself to danger and discomfort by reporting from war zones. She was a prominent woman and while she does not dwell on it, would have had many difficulties as a trailblazer. She saw significant progress in addressing deep-seated problems and a change in consciousness about many issues.

Every day we become absorbed in the minutiae of deeply depressing, destructive behaviour which traumatises too many. We become lost in it. Deveson saw and experienced much trauma but she maintained perspective. Her positive view of the world in should make us pause and reconsider our despair now.

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A longer-term view affords better insight than that given by the hour news cycle. Waging Peace is not a regular memoir. As I read I wondered how I should describe it. Deveson wrote about her life, but not with the level of introspection we commonly associate with memoirs. A seven-year relationship which did not succeed is given a couple of sentences.

She does not write about the whys and wherefores of her stellar career. I have belatedly realised that the memoir is a wide-ranging genre. But Waging Peace does not fit into those categories. Anne Deveson shares her life only as much as is needed to explore her thoughts about her theme, peace.

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The subtitle explains it well. Deveson was a skilled writer. The narrative, especially in the first part, is fast-paced.

I did not agree with all that Anne Deveson said in this book, but that is not the point. This book succeeded because it made me think. It shows that it is possible to promote deep thought even when the writing style is easy to read.