From nuclear military strategy to a world without war
Subtitle: a history and a proposal
By: Roger Hilsman.
Contributors: Columbia University. Institute of War and Peace Studies.; Columbia University. School of International and Public Affairs.
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
Subjects: Nuclear warfare.; International organization.; United States -- Military policy.
Description: Sooner or later, if the world keeps following its current course, there will be a nuclear war. Roger Hilsman, who played a significant role during the Cuban Missile Crisis, is convinced that the only way to prevent an eventual nuclear conflict is to abolish war itself. This study examines and critiques all of the various proposals to date for incorporating nuclear weapons into strategic doctrine and concludes that these efforts have failed.

Plans for abolishing only nuclear weapons are, according to Hilsman, good intentioned but ill-advised attempts to rehabilitate war. Instead, he proposes a gradual transition to world government, which will perform the traditional social and political functions that were in the past served only by war.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This book was prepared under the sponsorship of the Institute of War and Peace Studies of Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs."