{"product_id":"book-1emm","title":"CEASEFIRE!","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCeasefire is a true story. It is about me and my familys journeys through wars and other conflcts over three generations, and the brutal consequences of such a journey, particularly for me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring my PhD research in the 1980s, as an academic I travelled all over the world, and revealed the murderous realities of the covert Reagan-era, US foreign policy in numerous war zones, particulary in the Phillipines and Central America. The covert strategy became known as Low Intensity Conflict ( LIC).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut much later my political opponents in the media, branded me a 'terrorist' sympathiser and supporter of 'Islamic terrorism' in the southern Philippines. The result? My life was left in tatters - privately, professionally.and psychologially.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver time, I tried to come to terms with my constant battle against the suicidal 'Black Dog' of depression. I decided to write a book about my reseach with the communist New People's Army and the Muslim guerrilas in the Philippines. It was way of combating the smear campaign that destrored my life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUltimately, I concluded like millions of other people, I am merely a part of a brutal 'firing order' phenomenon, a psychological condition of a global politcal culture that continually infects and shapes our following generations. I am neither alone nor my condition uninfluenced. I am just another link in a long chain of human events perpetrating both conflict among peoples and the resulting deadly Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) that affects such participants. With a greater understanding of my condition, I finally attemped to come to peace with the Black Dog, and called for a 'Ceasefire'!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut what ultimately happened?. It all played out in France. I survived but my brother and daughter didnt. I am still to find any peace. The Black Dog takes no prisoners!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr Ivan Molloy\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":51195846558000,"sku":"BD1emm","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/1emm-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773778354","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-1emm","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}