Brave, eloquent, and controversial, these classic works by Jonathan Schell illuminate the nuclear threats our civilisation continues to face, and envision a way forward to peace.

Brave, eloquent, and controversial, these classic works by Jonathan Schell illuminate the nuclear threats our civilisation continues to face, and envision a way forward to peace.

Describing the world-historical successes of people's revolutions - the Gandhian defeat of British imperialism in India and the peaceful dissolution of the Soviet Union, among others - Schell envisions new political and social foundations on which to sustain a lasting peace.