Ending War, Building Peace

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The US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq led to more than a million people being killed, displaced five million from their homes and shattered countless more lives. It was a colossal, premeditated war crime. Leaders of governments in the countries responsible for this enormity seek to minimise and forget about it: to 'move on'. We must not let them, because they want to retain the option of making the same political decisions, condemning more innocent people to death, somewhere else in the future.

Lynda-ann Blanchard is an honorary associate at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Sydney. Leah Chan is the Civil Affairs Officer at the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan.

'It is impossible to read [this book] ... without being struck by the futility of war generally and, in the case of Iraq, the failure of the international community properly to consider non-violent alternatives to conflict.' -- Nicole Abadee * Sydney Morning Herald *