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Remembering Bernard Swan – by Matthew Cawood   Source: UNE (Pulse)  Credit for the initiation of Peace Studies at the UNE goes to Dr. Bernard Swan, a Geographer who had specialised in Geomorphology and issues of underdevelopment in South and Southeast Asia, but who later found himself drawn to the academic study and teaching of Peace. Bernard Swan whose prior specialisations were in Geography (Universities of Ceylon, London and Sussex) joined the Department of Geography at the UNE in 1971. It was the period when the world’s super powers were engaged in escalating the Cold War, the nuclear arms race and nuclear deterrence, and intensifying brinkmanship, which earlier had led to the Cuban Missile Crisis and the imminent threat of nuclear war. Looming nuclear holocaust and the Vietnam War had witnessed the growth of the Peace Movement and much intellectual debate about peace. However, the response of academe was limited. In the words ...