Not in the case of Theodore Roosevelt, the first American to win any Nobel Prize in anything, who got the peace prize for negotiating an end to the Russo-Japanese War.
Seriously, when they give it to some of the people they've given it to, and forget to give it to Gandhi and several other notable peace activists, there's something wrong.
On Jun 13, 2012, at 8:46 AM, Emeagwali, Gloria (History) wrote:
> They should scrap the prize completely. Is there a difference between a Nobel prize winner
> and a war monger?
John Edward Philips <http://human.cc.hirosaki-u.ac.jp/philips/>
International Society, College of Humanities, Hirosaki University
"Homo sum; humani nihil a me alienum puto." -Terentius Afer
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