During Liberia's civil war, some people's hands or feet were hacked off. The same thing occurred in the next door country of __ during their civil war. Young boys were lured into carrying guns and killing. People were terrorized and terrified.

Peace studies is an interdisciplinary academic field that draws on political science, sociology, history, anthropology, theology, psychology, philosophy, and other fields to:

understand the causes of armed conflict;
develop ways to prevent and resolve war, genocide, terrorism, gross violations of human rights; and
build peaceful and just systems and societies.