Ideology of Peace
A JOURNEY TOWARDS PEACE
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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
