For some time, it’s been apparent that the world’s nations are not meeting the growing challenges to human survival.A key challenge comes from modern war.Over the centuries, as military weapons have grown ever more destructive, war-related devastation has grown accordingly. World War II was the deadliest military conflict in human history, with an estimated 70-85 million people perishing from the war directly or through war-caused disease, famine and other indirect factors.Most of the dead were civilians. In addition, many millions of people were wounded — blinded, crippled, driven mad, or otherwise ravaged by the vast carnage. Large portions of the globe ...