Sentence:  After this holocaust , a changing world occupied the minds of men ; a world beset with new boundaries , new treaties and governments , new goals and <WSD>methods</WSD> , and the age-old fears of aggression and subjugation - hunger and exposure . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)