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Colman McCarthy


Born
in Glen Head, The United States
March 24, 1938

Died
February 27, 2026

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Nonfiction, History


American journalist, teacher and peace activist.

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Average rating: 4.28 · 314 ratings · 53 reviews · 32 distinct works • Similar authors
I'd Rather Teach Peace
4.36 avg rating — 192 ratings — published 2002 — 6 editions
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All of One Peace: Essays on...
4.16 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1994 — 6 editions
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Strength Through Peace, The...
4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions
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Teaching Peace: Students Ex...
4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2015 — 7 editions
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Solutions to Violence
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The Pleasures of the Game: ...
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1977 — 3 editions
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The Class of Nonviolence
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Opening Minds, Stirring Hea...
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Disturbers of the peace;: P...
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1973 — 2 editions
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Peace is Possible
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“Everyone's a pacifist between wars. It's like being a vegetarian between meals”
― Colman McCarthy
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“Warmaking doesn't stop warmaking. If it did, our problems would have stopped millennia ago.”
― Colman Mccarthy
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“If peace is what every government says it seeks, and peace is the yearning of every heart, why aren't we studying it and teaching it in schools?”
― Colman McCarthy, All of One Peace: Essays on Nonviolence
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