What we need is a bold, unifying vision
of how to do it

Victor Hugo's famous quote above stresses the great power of ideas over armies. This website is dedicated to one such idea whose time has come:  

We can, within twenty-five to thirty-five years
from the time  we officially resolve to do it,
create a future in which war
   is not only unacceptable,
it's abhorrent and obsolete.

  Negotiation, mediation, compromise—nonviolent means of resolving conflicts—will always be the tools we choose.

Nine cornerstones are described on this site. They are all interconnected by the goal of ending war. Fleshed out in detail by experts in each field, these cornerstones constitute a powerful, unifying strategy for guiding the political, military, and commercial choices of the world's willing democracies through a "warfare transition." They offer a vision of hope for people not yet free. They can be the wellspring of the warless future we create for those who come after us.

• The single most important idea
• How far we have already come
• The Nine Cornerstones
• The secret ingredient, pivotal catalyst
• The "Vision Thing"
• How long it will take to reach the goal
• What you can do

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Acknowledgements
I am profoundly grateful to three colleagues for their editing and thoughtful comments on virtually all of the pages of this site: Robert Goodman, Eugene S. Morton, and Peggy Lang. Without the unswerving support of Peggy Lang and Robert Goodman, this site would not exist.
 
The following friends and colleagues also read one or more pages, and I also extend warm thanks to them. They may not always agree with me, but their intelligent and thoughtful insights are invaluable: A. B. Curtiss, Donna Erickson, Barry Friedman, William Hawkes, and Joseph R. Jehl.
 
The following friends proofed the beta website with care, and we can all be grateful to them for finding annoying errors. The site is much improved by their efforts: Judith L. Levine, and Larry Shifrin.