The Cold War Is Over, But Cold

The Cold War Is Over, But Cold War Thinking Survives.

The Present Basic Philosophy Is Nuclear Deterrence.

The Quest For A War-free World Has A Basic Purpose: Survival. But If In The Process We Learn How To Achieve It By Love Rather Than By Fear, By Kindness Rather Than By Compulsion; If In The Process We Learn To Combine The Essential With The Enjoyable, The Expedient With The Benevolent, The Practical With The Beautiful, This Will Be An Extra Incentive To Embark On This Great Task.

The Chief Task Was To Stop The Arms Race Before It Brought Utter Disaster. However, After The Collapse Of Communism And The Disintegration Of The Soviet Union, Any Rationale For Having Nuclear Weapons Disappeared.

Long Before The Terrifying Potential Of The Arms Race Was Recognized, There Was A Widespread Instinctive Abhorrence Of Nuclear Weapons, And A Strong Desire To Get Rid Of Them.