On the causes of peace
On the causes of peace
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论和平的原因
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1964
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Werner Levi
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Werner Levi
war rather than the causes of peace. The often-heard definition that peace is the absence of war is indicative of the widespread endeavor to work on the abolition of war instead of the maintenance of peace. Strictly speaking, these goals are merely two sides of the same problem. Yet there is a significant difference in emphasis and psychological effect, resulting in a different research orientation. A mentality prevails which tends to neglect the possibility that wars may result, not from factors present in a war situation, but from the absence of factors safeguarding peace. The unpopularity of tackling the problem on this assumption is explicable. First of all, the drama of war attracts attention ; it stimulates thought about its avoid-