John Gittings, writer on China and world affairs

After teaching at the University of Westminster I worked at The Guardian (UK) for twenty years as assistant foreign editor and chief foreign leader-writer (1983-2003). Having specialised for many years on China and East Asia, I am now doing research on the historical perception of peace, and am an Associate Editor of the Oxford International Encyclopaedia of Peace.

FACEBOOK: Images of Peace, Poems for Peace

My new book, THE GLORIOUS ART OF PEACE: From the Iliad to Iraq, has been published by Oxford University Press.

You can listen to a brief introduction to the book, recorded by me, on YouTube.

Review in The Tablet, 15 March 2012.

Review in The Irish Times, 7 April 2012.

Interview on CBC 'The Current', 6 April 2012

Interview in The Browser, 12 April 2012: Five books on Peace

'The real lessons of the Cuban missile crisis', OUPBlog, 15 February 2012.

'Peace in the 21st Century', E-International Relations, 29 February 2012.

'The Conflict between War and Peace in Early Chinese Thought', Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, 16 March 2012.