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Political Science Peace

A General for Peace

by (author) Leonard Johnson

Publisher
James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Initial publish date
Jan 1987
Category
Peace
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780888628909
    Publish Date
    Jan 1987
    List Price
    $35.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781552771587
    Publish Date
    Feb 2008
    List Price
    $35.00

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Leonard Johnson is a soldier with a difference. A retired general in the Canadian Armed Forces, he is also a passionate and outspoken crusader for world disarmament.

Johnson was a conventional military officer, steeped in Cold War ideology, a firm believer in peace through strength. With his 1980 appointment as commandant of National Defence College in Kingston, Ontario, his views changed dramatically. By the time of his retirement in 1984 he was a harsh critic both of U.S. military policy and of the central doctrine of contemporary strategy--nuclear deterrence. Since then he has embraced activism, tirelessly promoting the cause of peace and security.

Written in a warm, engaging style, A General for Peace is an account of Johnson's increasing disenchantment with military orthodoxy and a plea for sanity in a persistently mad world.

About the author

LEONARD JOHNSON fell in love with flying while still a child on the Prairies in the 1930s. He joined the RCAF in 1950 and after a series of increasingly responsible commands he attained the rank of major-general in 1978. In 1980 he was appointed commandant of the National Defence College in Kingston, Ontario.

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