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Jun. 30 | 2012 Bode-Pearson Prize
Nominations for the 2012 Bode-Pearson Prize for Outstanding Contributions to American Studies due
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Miller, Rhoda. "The Conceptual Background to the U.S. Institute of Peace," University of Hawaii, Manoa, 1990. Advisor: Floyd Matson (2, 11, 23)
This dissertation relates the ideas behind the formation of the United States Institute of Peace to traditional American thought and belief. Sources include interviews, letters, government documents as well as historical references. It organizes the historical development and reasons for institutionalization of the concept of a Department of Peace, with comparison it with the Arms control and Disarmament Agency. The role of peace education, peace research and peace action in shaping the institute is also presented. The author concludes that in the four years of its existence the United States Institute of Peace has made considerable achievements despite underfunding and the leadership of a largely conservative Board of Directors. If it can tailor its agenda to fit the needs of a new intellectual climate of opinion, the Institute should be a leader in the peace research field.
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