When he and Jaqueline went to Dallas in November, 1963, John F. Kennedy was planning to condemn the idea that 'peace is a sign of weakness' and to argue that the best way to demonstrate American strength was by practicing what we preach about equal rights and ___.

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.