This book makes an impressive case for society's and system's unwillingness to deal with the underlying cause of conflict. It articulates succinctly, how the concept of in order to avoid war, nations must prepare for war has messed-up the human psychic from investing in, and genuinely going to the root cause of conflict which are poverty, inequality and exclusion. That there was a time that investing in and purchasing arms is a surreal revelation from the authors and surely explains why arms and nuclear race overshadows peaceful means of dispute resolutions despite evidence in theory and practice that war does not resolve conflicts.
