So from your answer if we just all read a lot of books then nobody would have time to engage in war??????
What if the book whole populations were reading was the koran and it told them to kill us?
Are you saying that the Irish wanted to rule the world and kill everyone else?
I hope you don't equate very small scale rebellions which require entirely different tactics from all out war with an enemy force large enough and determined to wipe us out and hiding in civilian areas?
Now what book are you going to recommend for what we face RIGHT NOW.
No, what I am saying is that the Irish didn't want the Brits in Ireland and many Iraqis (mostly Sunnis) don't want the U.S. in Iraq. There are inhumane methods of dealing with guerillas, some of which have been suggested here, like terror bombings or doing a Dresden on Fallujah . . . .
As to a book that would solve the Iraq war - if you discover it, let General Petreus know about it immediately.
The only method I can think of that would stop the Iraq war without further death is deportations to a distant land, like the British shipped their convicts to Australia. Say an area like Fallujah or the Anbar province persists in attacking U.S. troops, all residents would be shipped to (fill in the blank - Kenya? with payment for their lost property) Result: no more fighting in Fallujah and no more deaths either of U.S. troops or local residents and no terror bombing.