In October of 1962, aerial photographs proved that the U.S.S.R. had installed nuclear missiles capable of reaching much of the eastern U.S. seaboard in ____. As Robert Kennedy, Jr. notes, the next 13 days 'were the most perilous in mankind's history.'

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.