Ending War
The Force of Reason
Published on 13. July 1999
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-0-333-76070-3 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
'Ending war, eradicating nuclear weapons, is no longer the pursuit of a dream but a necessary collective fight towards a necessary collective goal. This stimulating collection of essays contributes to this fight.' - Boutros Boutros-Ghali, former Secretary General of the United Nations 'For too long the world - including the scientific community - has been dominated by the logic of force and the culture of war. Now we can - and we must - make the transition to the force of reason and a culture of peace and non-violence. I highly recommend this book as an inspiration to everyone to take part in this transition - the greatest challenge of the new millennium.' - Federico Mayor, Director-General, UNESCO 'Throughout the nuclear age, Joseph Rotblat's indispensable voice has alerted the world to the dangers of nuclear weapons. Drawing inspiration from both his teaching and his moral courage, the authors of this important collection of essays show us how we must act now if we are to avoid repeating in the next century the tragic mistakes of this one.' - Paul Keating, former Prime Minister of Australia and convener of the Canberra Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons 'The essays in this book form a fitting tribute, on his 90th birthday, to Joseph Rotblat's devotion for half a century to trying to ensure that governments, and the people who support them, renounce reliance on nuclear weapons for their defence and for the influence they exert, and, instead, adopt a rational, sane and humane policy for their security and for the peaceful settlement of international disputes. Nobody has tried harder than he to achieve this.' - Field Marshal Lord Carver, former Chief of the UK Defence Staff 'Is it possible for us - the people of the world - to live in peace, in a global neighbourhood, with no nuclear weapons? In this book you find the visions, ideas and facts. Read it and re-read it.' - Ingvar Carlsson, former Prime Minister of SwedenMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
notes, index
Dimensions
Height: 224 mm
Width: 144 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
427 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-76070-3 (9780333760703)
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07/1999
Palgrave Macmillan
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Persons
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.
Content
Foreword; F.Dyson Notes on the Contributors Introduction; V.Goldanskii & S.Rodionov The Force of Reason; O.Arias ELIMINATING NUCLEAR WAR Leaving the Bomb Project; J.Rotblat Working for a Humane Society; M.Gorbachev The Road to Zero; H.York Getting to Zero: Too Difficult? Too Dangerous? Too Distracting?; J.P.Holdren Disinventing Nuclear Weapons; F.Calogero Scientists and the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons; I.Ogawa The Social Responsibility of Scientists; M.Atiyah ENDING WAR Reflections on War in the Twenty-first Century; R.S.McNamara From a Nuclear-free to a War-free World; A.Rapoport The Abolition of War: Realistic Utopianism; B.Kent The 'Moral Equivalent of War'; S.Bok The United Nations and Peacekeeping; J.C.Polanyi A Bridge to the Twenty-first Century; S.J.Ionno Of Men, their Minds and the Bomb; J.Singh Remember your Humanity; J.Rotblat Index