The Ultimate Evil
The Fight To Ban Nuclear Weapons

The Campaign to ban nuclear weapons has begun. Fifty-two years after the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a new effort is being made to persuade the countries of the world to disarm. Douglas Roche, Canada's former Ambassador for Disarmament, describes the key developments of this campaign, beginning with a momentous 1996 World Court decision calling for a ban on nuclear weapons.

Just as campaigns have been effectively mounted to eliminate chemical weapons and land mines, Douglas Roche believes that the time has come when a campaign to persuade the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to heed the World Court's call will succeed.

The Ultimate Evil: The Fight to Ban Nuclear Weapons describes the key events of this new disarmament campaign and shows how its goal can soon be achieved.