~13powerful medicine and should not be the sole means of assuring the observance of the treaty, Some kind of inspection system would still be extremely helpful, And the first line of defence would always have to be the constant exercise of farsighted, conciliatory diplomacy in order to avoid the building up of tensions that might tempt nations to seek a solution through the use of force. Thus we come to the final paradox that while the best way to avoid atomic warfare is to get rid of war itself, the strongest present ally in the effort to get rid of war is the capacity to resort to atomic warfare at a moment's notice. Bee MMe MRKee HH HS eH HH KZ The development of the atomic bomb has wrough Sprofourid changes in three major fields: (1) in the military affairs of nations, 75) in their political relationships, and (3) in the organized international machinery for peace and security, Each one of these is dealt with in the following text and there is a final chapter on the problem of international control of atomic weapons, There are still large gaps in the information that is essential to satisfactory answers to specific questions, arriving at The authors of the folloring text are acutely aware of these gaps and are amxious not to claim anything more for their contributions than that they are preliminary essays in an exceedingly difficult and complex subject. But it is time for responsible scholars to speak out to the best of their ability and not wait until all the evidence is in on every question, Only through the hard work of many minds is it likely that the means shall be found to remove the threat of disastcr now facing us, a threat the like of which has never been seen before in the history of this planct, Af