In this breakthrough volume, leading animal rights activists and peace anti-war activists shed a crucial light on the important connection between critical animal studies and peace studies. The leading scholar-activists in this volume are at the cutting edge of the struggle to resist the exploitation of nonhuman animals in the military. All social justice educators and activists would do well to read this book!

Peter McLaren, Emeritus Professor, the University of California, Los Angeles

In a world that has seemed to value things over life/people, this book brings to the public’s notice the often unheard voice of animal—animals who are treated in inhumane ways just to continue the war machine. This book gives us a much-needed insight into an area of study rarely gone. Animals and War is the premier reader for animal studies and violence.

Daniel White Hodge, North Park University, Chicago and author of "The Soul Of Hip Hop: Rimbs, Timbs, & A Cultural Theology"

Animals and War is an eye-opening exploration of the profoundly destructive consequences of human chauvinism on nonhuman populations, and indeed the entire planet. This book is extraordinary in its theoretical depth and breadth, and in its engagement with the material reality of systematized death dealing and suffering, and yet it manages to inspire both hope and action.

David Naguib Pellow, University of California Santa Barbara, author of Total Liberation: The Power and Promise of Animal Rights and the Radical Earth Movement

Animals and War offers a holistic and in-depth analysis of the important social and military contributions nonhuman animals play, a contribution all too frequently born in blood and exploitation. This book represents the best of the emerging literature and facilitates new strides in critical animal studies and peace studies.

Jason J. Campbell, Institute for Genocide Awareness and Applied Research

One day, thanks in part to books like these, we will stop saying, 'Let’s respect each other, for we are all human beings' and say, 'Let’s respect each other, for we are all living beings. Peace begins at breakfast with what’s on our plates.'

Ingrid Newkirk, president, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)

Animals and War is a wonderfully original contribution to the world of activism, social justice, and peace studies. An enlightening read for everyone!

Jason Del Gandio, author of "Rhetoric for Radicals: A Handbook for 21st Century Activists"