POWERFUL PEACE
Advance praise for J. Robert DuBois and
POWERFUL PEACE
Who else but a warrior could write so elegantly about peace? DuBois has written a potent testament to the power of peacemaking in shaping a better world. This book should be required reading for anyone interested in learning more about how to deal with the conflicts plaguing our world.
Reza Aslan, author of No god but God and Beyond Fundamentalism
Powerful Peace is simple and well-written, and its very, very interesting to read this Navy SEALs stories from all over the world and watch him turn them around to show us ourselves. He makes you cry, he makes you laugh, and he makes you keep turning pages until its all gone and you still want more. Read this bookand give it to people you care about.
Roseanne Barr, comedic actress and presidential candidate for the Green Tea Party
Rob DuBois writes clearly and well about how to set conditions for a world with less conflict, drawing on his rich experiences as a US Navy SEAL who has served in many countries worldwide. Powerful Peace is a powerful book.
Peter Bergen, author of The Longest War:
The Enduring Conflict Between America and Al-Qaeda
In my years in the security and defense industry, Ive yet to come across a book like Powerful Peace that inspires battle-hardened warriors and average citizens alike to join hands and uncover the sheer power of peace. In this well-written account, DuBois offers alternative concepts that refute and destabilize the popular notion of self-preservation first. With our founding fathers brand of we the people, he plants a seed of hope for global peace and inspires us all to imagine a world where a spirit of inclusiveness over exclusiveness spreads far and wide.
Eric Brown, President, The Homeland Security Foundation of America
Powerful Peace takes you outside the everyday battle and into the hearts and minds of individuals on both sides of the culture divide; those who face ongoing struggles day to day, week to week, time after timeand how such a life changes them.
Master Chief (Retired) Dennis Chalker, Plankowner of SEAL Team SIX and Red Cell; author of One Perfect Op: an Insiders Account of the Navy SEAL Special Warfare Teams
DuBois teaches us that we all have a choice when presented with adversity: powerful violence or powerful peace. Peaceful actions demonstrate to our otherwise violent neighbors here on earth that they have a choice as well. Written with the forcefulness of a soldier, yet portrayed with the heart of a deep soul, Powerful Peace is a must read.
Rob Cipriano, President and CEO, The AllHumanity Group
When I was reading Powerful Peace I felt like I was hearing the Dalai Lama, crossed with a badass Navy SEAL, and with a little Monty Python mixed in.
Cynthia Cone, producer of RadioIOs
Dangerous Conversation 2100 Hours segment
For all the rhetoric in our politics about achieving peace, DuBois presents a roadmap to get us there. A man with years on the front lines of war has found yet another way to serve his country.
Khurram Dara, author of The Crescent Directive
I first met Rob through his beautiful wife, after she and I met in a fitness club Jacuzzi. I am a blessed Muslim who enjoys the finer things in life, while following the Quran and the Sunnah of Prophet Mohamed SWA, so I was covered appropriately. That difference let Cindy and me first get to know, and then to respect one another. Peace is a powerful, religious word and any human being who pursues life with a mission to empower, educate, and bring awareness of the reality of peace is definitely a man of God. Rob is a blessing to our community and the world at large. His book should be a must read for any organization really searching for peace.
Munira A. El-Bearny, Executive Director/Founder,
IMANI Multicultural Center
With Powerful Peace, Rob DuBois has created an instant game-changer in international affairs and interpersonal relationships. The book is chock full of introspective musings, interspersed with real life experiences and lessons that the author has gained, often at great cost, from his career as a Navy special operator. Those who take DuBois lessons to heart will find the prospect of a more peaceful life and world to be more tangible than they had ever previously imagined.
Jeff Emanuel, contributor to RedState.com and Air Force special operations veteran
I dont denounce violence; I embrace it. That isnt the kind of statement one would expect in a book outlining lessons on peace; but neither is this book typical of the genre. We live in remarkable times, with unprecedented challenges and entire societies that appear to be fraying at the edges. DuBoiss gripping and eminently readable book Powerful Peace offers powerful lessons, as well as an incisive methodology for thinking about the importantand often paradoxicalwork of peace-building in the twenty-first century.
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, terrorism analyst and author of Bin Ladens Legacy
I have taken to heart the advice I once received not to take dietary advice from fat people or investment advice from poor people, and I do not seek advice on warfare and combat from men who have experienced neither. Rob DuBois has earned the credibility to be heard on the subject of war. Douglas MacArthur said, The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war. It is in this vein that DuBois presents us with Powerful Peace. Those who do not know better might be surprised to see a special operations man offer a treatise on the prevention of war. I am not. Much can be learned from DuBois writing about the prevention of bloodshed through appreciation of what we have in common.
Chris Graham, Editor, The Counter Terrorist magazine
Official Washington should pay great attention to Mr. DuBois for his insight and solutions. Every American should listen to Mr. DuBois for his sense of reality and his courage of compassion. He can be a role model for both Washington and Americans. Let neither allow this man to go unheard.
Rob Grogan, Editor, Front Porch Magazine
Rob DuBois has written an important book. Rob doesnt just share his experiences, although by themselves those experiences are illuminating and enlightening. Rather, he uses his own personal history to show how, as both individuals and a society, we can be stronger AND more just. Lots of people in Washington DC and the national security community talk about smart power, but Rob takes the nearly unprecedented step of showing us how to actually apply and utilize that concept. Read this book and help create better communities and a better America.
Matthew Hoh, Senior Fellow, Center for International Policy
Rob DuBois combines combat experience with a powerful sense of shared meaning and purpose. When an elite warrior speaks of Peace, there is much for us to learn; DuBois is an excellent teacher.
Ken Jones, PhD, author of When Our Troops Come Home
From a lifetime at the tip of the sword, Rob shows that real power is beyond the hilt and in the handle. Powerful Peace demonstrates the concomitant relationship between War and Peace in the tip, blade and handle of the sword. Peace resides in each of us and in how we manage it, one person at a time.
Eric Konohia, President, BPI Security and BPI Group
Folks in Washington know Rob DuBois, The Velvet Glove. Now you can know the iron fist inside that glove.
