Abstract
"The twentieth century may go down in history as the century of war and peace--the first in which world wards were fought, the first in which men established world peave, and so, perhaps, the last in which peace among nations was merely an armed truce, a breathing spell between wars.
To understand more fully the content of this paper, it is necessary to be aware of the Congress's anxieties and uncertainties about the present Vietnam situation and about the increased internal divisiveness and unpopularity over this war. Young men, objecting to this war, feel that the struggle is morally repugnant to the conscience of the nation. They consider it an unjust war. The question posed is what is considered a just war? Was World War I, or World War II, or the Korean Police-Action a just war?..."
- Excerpt from "Introduction"