The Ideology of Peace

A JOURNEY TOWARDS PEACE ~ 161 ~ universal peace. This paper is reproduced hereunder: THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA Nuclear Disarmament Forum, Switzerland October 12, 2002 A historian has rightly said that the history of mankind is little less than a register of wars and violence. After the Second World War this situation reached its climax. Now the world has witnessed the emergence of two super powers, both armed with thousands and thousands of nuclear bombs. But it was soon discovered that nuclear arms were practically useless due to their boomerang effect. Now it is generally accepted that nuclear bombs are useful neither for offence nor defense. And while using them brings about the annihilation of enemies, it is equally a suicidal course for the attacker. After this reality dawned upon the superpowers, nuclear bombs became for their owners a liability rather than an asset. This realization led to serious negotiations between the two superpowers in order to put an end to this