Jump to -- Choose A Section -- Preface Ch 1 - Occasionally Peace Breaks Out Ch 2 - A Defining Moment Ch 3 - Nuclear Nightmare Ch 4 - Chemical and Biological Weapons Ch 5 - The Present Danger Ch 6 - The Skin of My Teeth Ch 7 - Enlightenment or Ignorance? Ch 8 - Responding to Terrorism Ch 9 - War Stories Ch 10 - Can't We Just Get Along Without Fighting? Ch 11 - Self Deception Ch 12 - Religious Violence Ch 13 - Church and State. Integrate or Separate? Ch 14 - Our Traditional Methods of Preventing War and Maintaining Peace Do Not Work Ch 15 - The UN Is Powerless to Prevent War Ch 16 - Structural Design Improvements Ch 17 - What the World Needs Now Ch 18 - The World Is Not a Democracy Ch 19 - National Sovereignty Ch 20 - Another "Just War", or Just "Another War"? Ch 21 - Hegemony Breeds Contempt Ch 22 - Could It Really Succeed? Ch 23 - A Step in the Right Direction Ch 24 - Efforts to Reform the UN Ch 25 - Challenging Our Beliefs Ch 26 - Peace Is Good Business Ch 27 - "Only We Can Prevent WMDs" Ch 28 - Lessons From History Ch 29 - What Can I Do Today? APPENDIX A. Armed Conflicts 3000 B.C.E. to 2004 C.E. APPENDIX B. Armed Conflicts Summary & Analysis APPENDIX C. How A Nuclear Bomb Works (Simplified) About the Author