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    • The Secret Ingredient
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    • How Long It Will Take
    • What You Can Do
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    • What Makes People Happy
    • Map of Non-warring Cultures
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      • Hrdy - Mothers and Others
      • Zak - The Moral Molecule
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Study Guide & Website Contents

Study Guide for the Website "A Future Without War" -- by Judith Hand
A Future Without War
The Bottom Line: What should be the shared end-goal of a global movement to abolish war?
A social paradigm does not change until a better paradigm emerges that can replace it. This principle also applies to a social change movement seeking to abolish war: the current toleration of the use of war to resolve conflicts needs to be replaced by an absolute commitment to using only nonviolent means to resolve conflicts, never violence, perhaps in the form of an enforceable global peace treaty.

Another principle of social change is that a social change movement has most power when it operates, not from a vision of what it's against, but by presenting a vision of what it's for. Therefore, A Future Without War believes that establishment of an enforceable global peace treaty—an agreement that can serve as the bedrock foundation for building a global peace system—should be the shared end-goal of all participants of a global peace movement.

​In practice, that means that at least as much energy as the movement puts into protesting the war industry or forces that create poverty or environmental destruction or other war-fostering human activities should be put into activities directed to securing the needed enforceable global peace agreement.” 
 

The materials presented in this website are the product of roughly twenty years of research and writing on the subject of war, the relationship of men and women to war, and the potential for humans on Earth to build and maintain a future without war.
 
The guide is provided to 1) facilitate individual learning and, 2) facilitate use by educators wishing to provide supplemental reading materials for classes. The site was assembled over many years, arranged with no particular systematic plan; therefore the guide groups together related topics for visitors wishing to explore a given topic rather than search through the extensive site at random.
 
Presented is a list of subject categories, and beneath them links to article titles that contain information relevant to that subject. Material in some articles may overlap, having been written at different times with slightly different focus or purpose.
 
This website is dedicated to the proposition that our time in history is uniquely poised to abolish war. It is my hope that it will be useful to anyone with access to the Internet anywhere in the world as an educational tool for FREE.​
Why an Ending-war Campaign is Now, in Our Time, Uniquely Poised to Succeed
 
   War is Not Inevitable - Keynote Spech    
    Nonviolence Before Its Time: Now it is Poised to Change History   
    How Far We Have Already Come   
    How Long It Will Take   
    Ending War is Achievable: Five Reasons Why 
  
Action Plans for an Ending-War Campaign
 
    Project Enduring Peace: Women's Global Binding-Peace-Treaty Campaign - initiated in 2023.

    War is Not Inevitable - Keynote Speech – Includes an explanation for why our time is history is uniquely posed to end war; why ending war is a vehicle to usher in a major paradigm shift toward nonviolence; includes a comparison of Obstructive and Constructive Programs; essential characteristics of a successful movement.
 
     Capstone Essay - To Abolish War - Includes a comparison of Obstructive and Constructive Programs/Approaches; levers and fulcrums for change; why male/female partnership is essential; importance of leadership.
 
      Paradigm Shift and Shaping the Future – Includes a possible name for an ending-war movement (FACE – For All Children Everywhere); defines and explains the needed paradigm shift to permanently abolish war; describes the essential elements of a working paradigm shift campaign to end war.
 
    An Action Plan to Shape Human History 
 
Keys to Obtaining Success
 
     The Single Most Important Idea            
    The Vision Thing  
    What Makes People Happy
     Ending War is Achievable: Five Reasons Why   
     AFWW Logo Explained      
     Capstone Essay - To Abolish War - has a section on leadership      
     Relationship of Sex to Individuality, Relationship of Sex to Leadership  (chapter from the book War and Sex and Human Destiny)
     What You Can Do            
    
Elements Key to Maintaining the Peace Over Time - To Create An Enduring Peace
 
      AFWW Logo Explained 
​      Shared Characteristics of Peace Systems    
      The Nine Cornerstones    
​      Thumbnail Summaries of the Nine Cornerstones     
      Embrace the Goal      
      Empower Women    
      Enlist Young Men       
      Ensure Essential Resources       
      Foster Connectedness       
      Promote Nonviolent Conflict Resolution      
      Shift Our Economies      
      Spread Liberal Democracy      
      Peace Systems and Enduring Peace – the goal of establishing a global peace system.
      What Makes People Happy          
 
Nonviolence  - What It Is, Successful Uses, and Practitioners
 
​    Chenoweth TED talk - Why Civil Resistence Works
    War is Not Inevitable - Keynote Speech    
    Nonviolence Before Its Time: Now Poised to Change History   
    Changing the Biological Chemistry of Nonviolent Peace Movements: Women on the Front Lines   
    Liberian Women Demand and Get Peace!
   World Peace Map of Nonviolent and Non-warring Cultures            
    Film Review - "A Force More Powerful"     
    Film Review - "Pray the Devil Back to Hell" - A Timed Guide, Nonviolent Action by Liberian Women for a Peace Treaty      
    FIlm Review - "Gandhi"    
    Film Review - "Amazing Grace" - ending the British slave trade                        
    Film Review - "The Frontier Gandhi - Badshah Khan"
    Film Review - "Iron-Jawed Angels" - securing the vote for U.S. women   
 
Gender and War
 
   Differences Between Men & Women With Respect to Physical Aggresion and Social Stability     
   The Secret Ingredient: Pivotal Catalyst for Change and Long Term Stability  
    Capstone Essay - To Abolish War – includes an explanation for why male/female partnership is a necessary  
   Locked in the Embrace of Male Biology: A Barrier to Positive Paradigm Shift
   Changing the Biological Chemistry of Nonviolent Peace Movements: Women on the Front Lines    
   Video - "Why Can't a Woman be More Like a Man"     
   Video - "Ending War, Sexual Dimorphism, and Human Destiny"     
   Book -   War and Sex and Human Destiny – full text available for FREE   
   Book – Women, Power, and the Biology of Peace – FREE download
 
Women and War, and Women as Promoters of the Common Good
 
   Liberian Women Demand and Get Peace!   
   Women's Global Security Summit - 2007    
   Sarah Palin and Why All Women Are Not Progressive        
   Women, Poverty, Economic Development - Half the Sky by Kristoff and WuDunn   
   Book - Women, Power, and the Biology of Peace -  free download
   Book - War and Sex and Human Destiny      
   Book -  War and Sex and Human Destiny - full text available for FREE    
   Video – “One Billion Rising”
   Video – “International Women’s Day – IPJ – 2013”
   Film Review – “Iron Jawed Angels”
 
Human Nature and War
 
   Origins of War and Human Destiny   
   Unveiling Ardi    
   Differences Between Men & Women With Respect to Physical Aggression and Social Stability   
   What Makes People Happy      
   Essential Human Goodness and War    
   Human are Basically Good       
   Video – “Why Can’t a Woman be More Like a Man”
 
How Long Would it Take to Accomplish a Major Social Paradigm Shift Away From War
 
   How Long It Will Take – The Demographic Transition is a Model
   War is Not Inevitable – Keynote Speech
 
Key AFWW-related Concepts
 
   “Paradigm Shift” - from domination by force to egalitarian use of nonviolence.
        Paradigm Shift and Shaping the Future    
        An Action Plan   
 
   “Sexual Dimorphism,” “Parental Investment” - and gender differences.
       Differences Between Men & Women With Respect to Physical Aggression and Social Stability    
 
   “r-selection and k-selection,” “Demographic Transition,” - male/female reproductive strategies and  population growth.
      How Long It Will Take - The Demographic Transition is a Model      
 
   “Game Theory” - and nonviolent vs. violent forms of conflict resolution.
       Promote Nonviolent Conflict Resolution  
 
   "peace systems" - humans have created them in all kinds of societies, and they share important, relevant characteristics
       Shared Charactertistics of Peace Systems

The Costs of War – War and Economics
 
   Examples of War Expenses          
   Budgeting and War
   Corporations Are People? - If So, Democracy Is Doomed     
   Capitalism: A Love Story - Thoughts on the Michael Moore Film 
 
Books by Dr. Hand
 
   A Future Without War. Strategy on a Warfare Transition 2nd Edition    
   A Future Without War. Strategy on a Warfare Transition 2nd Edition - full text for FREE 
   Shift: The Beginning of War, The Ending of War   
    War and Sex and Human Destiny     
    War and Sex and Human Destiny - full text for FREE  
   Women, Power, and the Biology of Peace - FREE download
 
Book Reviews
 
   Beyond War – Douglas P. Fry
   Mothers and Others – Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
   The Moral Molecule: The Source of Love and Prosperity – Paul J. Zak
 
 Related Projects – Links to Over a Hundred Groups and Projects that Focus on Aspects of the Nine AFWW Cornerstones
 
   General & Miscellaneous   
   Empower Women    
   Enlist Young Men  
   Ensure Essential Resources   
   Foster Connectedness 
   Promote Nonviolent Conflict Resolution  
   Provide Security and Order    
   Shift Our Economies  
   Spread Liberal Democracy          

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A Future Without War
Believe in it. Envision it. Work for it.
​And we will achieve it. 
AFWW is continually developed and maintained by Writer and Evolutionary Biologist Dr. Judith Hand.
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  • Home
  • Overview
    • Study Guide
    • The Single Most Important Idea
    • Mission Statement
    • War Is Not Inevitable keynote speech
    • Capstone Essay: "To Abolish War"
    • An Action Plan
    • The Nine Cornerstones
    • How Far We Have Already Come
    • The Secret Ingredient
    • The Vision Thing
    • How Long It Will Take
    • What You Can Do
    • The AFWW Logo Explained
    • Examples of War Expenses
    • Biological Differences
    • What Makes People Happy
    • Map of Non-warring Cultures
  • Cornerstones
    • Summary of the Nine Cornerstones
    • Embrace The Goal
    • Empower Women
    • Enlist Young Men
    • Ensure Essential Resources
    • Foster Connectedness
    • Promote Nonviolent Conflict Resolution
    • Provide Security and Order
    • Shift Our Economies
    • Spread Liberal Democracy
  • Videos
  • Books
    • A Future Without War: 2nd Edition
    • Shift: The Beginning of War, the Ending of War
    • War and Sex and Human Destiny
    • Women, Power, and the Biology of Peace
  • Project Enduring Peace
  • About
    • About the Author
    • Blog >
      • List of Blog Posts
    • Movie Reviews >
      • Pray the Devil Back to Hell
      • A Force More Powerful
      • Iron Jawed Angels
      • Gandhi
      • Amazing Grace
      • Frontier Gandhi: Badshah Khan
    • Book Reviews >
      • Fry - Beyond War
      • Hrdy - Mothers and Others
      • Zak - The Moral Molecule
    • Speeches and Workshops
  • Related Projects
    • General & Miscellaneous
    • Empower Women
    • Enlist Young Men
    • Ensure Essential Resources
    • Foster Connectedness​
    • Promote Nonviolent Conflict Resolution
    • Provide Security and Order
    • Shift Our Economies
    • Spread Liberal Democracy
  • Contact
  • Donate