David Cortright
Hero
- Peacemaker - Role Model
UNITED STATES [map]
Indiana
Male
1900-Present
Cortright has been a visiting fellow at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame for the past fifteen years. He is also president of the Fourth Freedom Forum, headquartered in Goshen, Indiana, and a cofounder of the national Win Without War campaign launched two years ago to stop the war in Iraq.
While in the military during the Vietnam War, Cortright was active in the GI peace movement, and afterwards, during the 1970s and 1980s, was executive director of the Washington, D.C.-based Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy, (SANE), the largest anti-nuclear weapons activist organization in the country. He has worked diligently to expose the shortcomings of the U.S. missile defense programs, and has been a consultant to the UN Security Council and to the governments of Sweden, Norway, and Switzerland on aspects of alternatives to militarism.
He is a renowned expert on the use of smart sanctions and has authored, coauthored, or co-edited numerous books and reports on sanctions, incentives, and nonproliferation. Cortright has also written five books on peace and nonviolence, his most recent being A Peaceful Superpower: The Movement against War in Iraq (Fourth Freedom Press, 2004).
Heroic
Characteristics of David Cortright
Strong character and belief system
Personal power thru example and deeds
Advocate of Human Rights
Promote nonviolence
/ Oppose violence
Support justice / Confront Injustice
Advocate Freedom & Democracy
/ Oppose Oppression
Lead others / Teach others / Become involved
Manage conflict by building relationships
Manage conflict by solving problems
