Swanson presents a masterful account of how people in the United States and around the world worked to abolish war as a legitimate act of state policy and won in 1928--outlawing war with a treaty that is still on the books.

This book is the most comprehensive collection available explaining what the military industrial complex (MIC) is, where it comes from, what damage it does, what further destruction it threatens, and what can be done and is being done to chart a different course.