Ending War: The Force of Reason - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0333760700 ISBN 13: 9780333760703

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 1999

Synopsis

The year 1945 saw both the dawning of the age of nuclear weapons and the creation of the United Nations for the maintenance of world peace. Compared with the huge and continuing outlays of time and money on research and development of weapons since that date, little effort has been devoted to ways of ridding mankind of war and its armaments. Ending War contains sixteen essays on this topic, written by world renowned political thinkers and scientists. The book provides a historical perspective, and puts forward ideas to be pondered by every citizen. The contributors include Mikhail Gorbachev, who first declared 'A nuclear war cannot be won and must not be fought'; Robert McNamara, US Defense Secretary at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis and of the Vietnam War; and Nobel Peace Prizewinner Joseph Rotblat, the only scientist to resign from the Manhattan Project, where the world's first nuclear weapons were produced.

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About the Author

TOM MILNE is a researcher at the London office of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, and a PhD student in the Programme of Policy Research in Engineering, Science and Technology, University of Manchester, UK. MAXWELL BRUCE is a consultant in public international law and a fellow at the Foundation for International Studies, Valletta, Malta. He was formerly a special fellow at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research.

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333760700
• ISBN 13: 9780333760703
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208
• Editor: Milne Tom, Bruce Maxwell