If you think world peace is a naive concept, Paul K. Chappell’s veryexistence will give you pause. It’s not enough to say that Chappell — a WestPoint graduate and Iraq War veteran — is a soldier turned peace leader.Experiencing a traumatic upbringing and growing up mixed race in Alabama,he’s a young man forged by violence, rage, and racism into a living weaponfor peace. By unlocking the mysteries of human nature, he shows how themuscles of hope, empathy, appreciation, conscience, reason, discipline, andcuriosity give us the power to end the wars between countries, our ongoingwar with nature, and the war in our hearts.
