Pauling's sentiments were also promulgated through his book No More War! (1958), a passionate analysis of the implications of nuclear war for humanity.
More importantly, "by examining the costs, we come to understand better the implications of the war".Great powers almost never pay for their wars up front.
While most nations have been willing to look the other way up to now, many do not accept the notion that the United States is in a "global war on terror," and many are uncomfortable with the implications of preventive war.
But Kennan rejected it for three reasons: his innate perfectionism, his growing concern about the implications of nuclear war and his exclusion from a role in government.
One scenario is particularly frightening, according to a soon-to-be-published report from the national academy of sciences on the implications of cyber-war for US domestic and national security policy: the US will not take the nuclear option off the table when discussing cyber-attacks.
Nancy Sherman, a professor of philosophy at Georgetown University who has written a book about the moral implications of war on troops, "The Untold War," said dehumanizing the enemy can be a psychological defense mechanism for the troops whose job is to kill that enemy.
He warned about the implications of the unbridled war in Syria, the unresolved Palestinian statehood issue, Israel-Iran war rhetoric and unchecked Islamic fury over an anti-Muslim video.
