The author describes the film, The Battle of Algiers," and suggests discussion ideas for a classroom analysis: emotional response; labels, e.g., enemy; responsibility; alternatives; justice; warfare and crime. Learning activities and resources are also suggested. (Author/JB)

Explores the relationship between current activities in Indochina and our attempts at Nuremberg to establish principles of criminal responsibility. War crimes cannot be separated from the issues of world order and the unrestricted behavior of nation states. (Author/JB)

The purpose of this article is: (1) to identify the problem of first importance raised by the trials: individual moral decisions in juxtaposition to the will of that individual's government; (2) to provide some guidelines for teaching; and (3) to outline broad procedures for effecting those guidelines. (Author/JB)

This material is suitable for students at secondary and college levels, and as adults. Chapter 1, War, Peace, and Survival, provides an historical view of war and makes a convincing case for the necessity of peace. Chapters 2 through 5 examine more closely two of the world's major efforts at peacekeeping during the 20th century--the League of…

This study of the effort and failures to maintain world peace in this century is intended as an elective, quinmester course for grades 7 through 9. It encompasses the concept of nationalism and the role it plays in the decisions that lead to war, and organizations that have tried and are trying to preserve or bring about peace. Among other goals…

The pages of this book illustrate that as instruments of socialization and sites of ideological discourse textbooks are powerful artefacts in introducing young people to a specific historical, cultural and socioeconomic order. Crucially, exploring the social construction of school textbooks and the messages they impart provides an important…