Albert Schweitzer: Cold War Casualty

by Patricia Morris

Dr Albert Schweitzer's name used to be as famous and
respected as are Einstein's or Mandela's today. The Nobel
Peace Prize winner spent his life toiling to provide medical
care for remote African hunter-gatherers. He succeeded
where modern approaches failed because of his integrity,
because of his respect for cultural differences.
This book explores the reasons for his virtual erasure from
present history. The hitherto
"silent saint" became a vocal
leader in the protest against nuclear arms. He also protested
against foreign military and economic interference in Africa.
Possibly he was unaware that his protests were
in the DRC, Western powers, anxious to stay ahead of the
Soviets, were secretly mining the world's purest uranium for
nuclear weapons.
In Albert Cold War Casualty, Patricia Morris
suggests intended and accidental links between Schweitzer's
politically incendiary late protests, the erroneous suspicion
that he was a communist, and the erasure of his humane
philosophy from our debates about the inhumanity of
so-called civilisation.

199 pages, Paperback

Published June 30, 2023