![]() Hence, warfare-since times immemorial the final merciless arbiter in international disputes-has lost much of its effectiveness and nearly all of its glamor. The technical development of implements of violence has now reached the point where no political goal could conceivably correspond to their destructive potential or justify their actual use in armed conflict. There is, however, another factor in the present situation which, though predicted by nobody, is of at least equal importance. Indeed this century has become, as Lenin predicted, a century of wars and revolutions, hence a century of that violence which is currently believed to be their common denominator. ![]() These reflections were provoked by the events and debates of the last few years, as seen against the background of the twentieth century. ![]()
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