DISARMING CONFLICT

In the last twenty-five years alone, by Ernie Regehrs count, there have been ninety-eight wars, twenty-six of which are still ragin g around the world. Regehr puts the cost of armament for a global military made of seventy million people at $1.7 trillion per year. And yet, the overwhelming majority of wars are not settled on the battlefield, where they end in devastating, violent stalemates. I nstead, they are ended in a conference room among diplomats and politicians. In this brave and discerning book, Regehr argues that w e should ...[Llegir més]