The End of War: How Waging Peace Can Save Humanity, Our Planet, and Our Future will be published in May 2010. It is the sequel to Will War Ever End? that explains in detail how together we can end the wars between countries, our ongoing war with nature, and the suffering in our hearts.
“Captain Paul K. Chappell has given us a crucial look at war and peace from the unique perspective of a soldier, and his new ideas show us why world peace is both necessary and possible in the 21st century. The End of War can help people everywhere understand why war must end, and how together we can end it.” - Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
“We’ve all heard of the mind’s eye – Paul K. Chappell offers us a view through the heart’s eye. His life, his military experience, and his insight have inspired him to share something that is already changing us. Every reader of his books will know we are seeing an important new author emerge - and he is one we need.” – Gavin de Becker, best-selling author of The Gift of Fear
“The End of War is another timeless masterpiece, building upon Paul K. Chappell’s previous work with brilliant insight and lucid prose, in order to identify: the root cause of war, the most difficult artform (living!), how to live and why to live, and a true “toolbox” of skills and wisdom to begin the process of building a peaceful world.” - Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, author of On Killing and On Combat, Director of the Warrior Science Group
Ann Mikkelsen
November 6th, 2009 at 8:56 pmThank you! Your article How Patriotism Can Save America” is a must read. My father was Army intelligence in Europe in WWII. When people started burning flags to protest Viet Nam he thought a while and said, “We fought for freedom of speech.” When Nixon was pardoned he was truly shaken. “I truly thought that in this country no man was above the law.” Thought, communication and voting are obligations of being a citizen in this country. We are so not perfect, we have so much work to do. How can we be excused from participating? My husband grew up in a country where voting was meaningless and had no intention of voting here when he became a citizen after 10 years of marriage. I told him it wasn’t optional. My fellow election judges clapped for him on his first vote. Well, so we don’t always have to best candidates. Maybe the conspiracy theories are true. We still have to participate or it can be worse.
I look forward to reading your books. Thank you.
Mary Kasimor
April 9th, 2010 at 6:21 pmI have just started reading your book, Will War Ever Change? I am hoping to teach a class about peace, and I would like to use your book.
Thank you for contributing to a very important discussion about war and peace.
Ana Araoz
May 31st, 2010 at 8:11 pmPaul, your views and mission towards peace is refreshing not only to those who share your passion, but those who have lived in a country of opression where the spirit is torn and the human mind idehumanized. Thank you for publishing your speeches online. Can’t wait to read your book “Will War ever Change” I hold on to a childhood dream of seeing Cuba free from the text book communist doctrine.
Jim Doherty
June 3rd, 2010 at 6:41 amI have just finished “Will War Ever End?” and I am left with at least a sense of hopefulness. I have spent the last 29 years as an enlisted member of the military. I have not had to witness first hand any of the horrors that war portends, but I have thought deeply over the futility of war and its causes. Though I do not question any of the ideas that Mr. Chappell puts forth, I do worry over how to stem the tide of popular belief. I think of the unquestioning fashion that we threw ourselves into Iraq and Afghanistan, and still men, women and children, on all sides, are scarred and tortured daily in a fruitless exercise of force. I see the interests, so strong today, for whom war is their path to wealth and power. This class has only strengthened since Eisenhower’s warnings. I think the discussion of human nature was enlightening. I think one tool used by military forces is to manipulate that desire that need to be accepted as part of a group. Hence, I think, the importance of uniforms, hats and other distinguishing regalia to promote group identity and loyalty. Not that group affiliations necessarily need be bad only that this loyalty can be manipulated to nefarious ends. So then I wonder how do we break down the wall of nationalistic fever and xenophobic fears of anyone “not us.” How do we begin to open the doors of recognition that all sane people desire peace with basic human needs met, where children need not live in fear. I hope this is the true beginning and I look forward, maybe to play a small role, to a better world where the hope for peace is not an illusory pipedream. Thank You Paul Chappell.