The half century during which the campaign has been waged by millions of people throughout the world is punctuated by events which temporarily open a window of reason on the insanity of nuclear deterrence… Each time, however, the policy makers and some of the citizens slipped back into their lethargic groove, as if driven by some irresistible force to desist from doing what had to be done. . . .  At some point, hopefully before that feared nuclear exchange takes place, the small group of civilian and military policy wonks who hold the fate of the earth in their hands, are bound to awaken long enough to do something about it.