"First edition." Contents.--Basic concepts for peace: The affirmation--a faith for our times, by J. H. Holmes. The problem--what causes war? By Kirby Page. The trend--the historical imperative of civilization, by A. J. Muste.--From war to peace: How to plan for peace, by A. W. Palmer. The substance of reconstruction, by Hiram Motherwell. They cry for help! By Clarence Pickett.--Postwar II or prewar III: World co-operation--a political must, by H. E. Fosdick. A new international order--functional or constitutional, by Theodore Paulin. A new international law--coercive or responsive, by H. A. Freeman. A new economics--man centered or machine centered, by Robert Stevens.--Area applications: Europe--from dynamite to dynamic, by O. G. Villard. Asia--the acid test, by E. S. Jones. The Americas--chasquis or mitimaes? By Devere Allen.--Conclusion This is victory, by the editor.