Books in Brief—Asian

42/CHRONICLESn---"Peace is a vague concept,nsimply the absence of war.nPeace is something hke milkntoast---weak, passive andnboring." (Now really-do younknow any 15-year-olds whonhave heard of milk toast ornwould use language like that?)n---"Nobody is doing muchnabout peace. We arenpowerless."n---"The future may . . .