{"id":109568,"date":"2018-04-23T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T11:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=109568"},"modified":"2018-04-20T10:54:52","modified_gmt":"2018-04-20T09:54:52","slug":"let-the-people-not-the-politicians-or-generals-decide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2018\/04\/let-the-people-not-the-politicians-or-generals-decide\/","title":{"rendered":"Let the People, Not the Politicians or Generals, Decide"},"content":{"rendered":"

The province of Schleswig had changed hands between Denmark and Prussia several times during the 19th century and was under German control before World War I.<\/p>\n

In the 1919 Versailles Treaty, it was agreed that a popular referendum should be held to determine if the people of Schleswig wanted to belong to Denmark or Germany.<\/p>\n

In the Northern part, a majority preferred to join Denmark, whereas the central and southern part preferred to remain with Germany.<\/p>\n

That new border, determined according to the wishes of the local population, has remained very stable. Not even Hitler tried to shift it.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Dietrich Fischer (1941-2015) from M\u00fcnsingen, Switzerland, got a Licentiate in Mathematics from the University of Bern 1968 and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from New York University 1976. 1986-88 he was a MacArthur Fellow in International Peace and Security at Princeton University. He has taught mathematics, computer science, economics and peace studies at various universities and been a consultant to the United Nations. He was co-founder, with Johan Galtung, of the <\/em>TRANSCEND Network for Peace, Development and Environment<\/a> in 1993<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Excerpted from Dietrich Fischer’s <\/em>Stories to Inspire You<\/a> – TRANSCEND University Press-TUP<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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