I haven't much faith in
A Peace that commences
With hacking off limbs
Or in sniping from trenches.
Yet some say 'tis Peace that
We're now fighting for;
If THIS brings us Peace,
What on earth brings us War?
R. H. LONG, 'Peace', in Verses (1917). A comment on the 1914-18 War.
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Our final conclusion, therefore, is that it will be necessary for our government to plan in depth for two general contingencies. The first, and lesser, is the possibility of a viable general peace; the second is the successful continuation of the war system.