Robin Langley Sommer

INTRODUCTIONJerusalemthe City of Peace. Its name expresses the hope that has never been overcome by the violence of its history. Jerusalem's ramparts have been manned and besieged by warriors of many nations, in the name of religion, power, wealth and vengeance. The city has been both a crossroads...

Introduction T ^he twentieth century has brought incalculable changes to the world that existed in 1900, some of them beneficial, like the advances in medicine and natural science, others traumatic and destructive, including warfare on a global scale with weapons lethal to both humankind and...