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Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
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WAR

(See also Armageddon; Nuclear War; Nuclear Weapons; Warfare [Spiritual]; Weapons; World War I; World War II)

(Note centered headings below: List by Name; List by Place; Quotations)

1914 a turning point: ce 227-229; w82 11/1 7; w60 86; w59 335; pa 179-180; w57 612; g54 12/22 11; nh 246; g53 10/8 25; g47 9/8 3-7

accidental: g84 9/8 29; g63 5/22 30; g62 1/22 29; g62 6/8 29; g62 7/22 29; g62 8/22 8; g61 2/8 29; g61 6/22 30; g61 7/8 5-8; g61 10/22 29

adult war “games”: w85 3/15 24; w79 8/15 30

Augustine’s “just-unjust war” theory: w83 9/15 30

between communist nations: w79 8/1 3

Bible times: ad 1643-1646

ambush: ad 64

ancient fortifications: ad 602-605

chariots: ad 306-307; w65 89-90; bf 204-205

big business and: g84 1/22 6-9

bloodguilt: w79 1/15 17-18; sl 216-217; w73 307-308; w72 574; w67 499-500; li 342; w63 699; w59 645; g56 6/8 5-8; w55 715, 720; sr55 232-233; ki 113-114; s 279-281; ch 108-109

bomb shelters: g62 3/22 29; g61 3/8 29; g61 7/8 8; w60 618; sw 5; g42 10/14 15; g39 5/31 23

“book of the Wars of Jehovah” (Nu 21:14, 15): w84 4/15 30; ad 252

casualties: tr 86-88; w78 1/1 14; w76 686; g71 10/8 5; w69 69-70; g69 4/8 30; g69 6/22 29; g69 10/8 4-5; g66 7/22 3; w65 357; g65 4/8 29; w64 678; g64 7/8 4; g63 5/22 30; g63 11/8 5-6; g62 11/22 16; g62 12/22 29; g60 10/22 5; w59 260; w58 323-324; g56 4/8 15; g56 6/8 5; g54 12/22 10; g50 12/22 7; g47 9/8 4-6; g46 1/30 27; g46 6/19 29; g40 3/20 25; g40 4/3 9; g39 2/8 25; g38 6/29 13; g35 4/24 469; g35 5/22 519; g33 10/25 54; w30 28

for past three decades: g78 12/22 7-8

pre-World War I: g61 2/22 6

since 1945: w80 1/15 6

Catholic Church: yb86 242-243; g85 1/8 28; g85 12/8 6-7

Catholic colleges:

training in arts of war: g78 4/8 31

causes: w85 2/15 4; w83 11/15 10-11; g82 2/22 4, 6-7; g74 4/8 30; tp73 12-13; g72 10/8 13, 17; w71 54-55; w66 486; g66 2/22 29; g65 4/22 15; g64 5/22 6

children participating in: g74 7/8 30-31

Christendom’s responsibility: g85 12/22 3-9; gh 43-44; w74 217; w74 517; g72 4/22 6-17; g72 10/8 14; g72 10/22 29; kj 78, 104-105, 152-153, 158, 258-259; g71 8/22 30; g70 4/22 20; fm 159-160; is 176-178; g68 4/22 30; w67 500; g66 11/8 17-20; g65 4/22 15; w63 222; g62 6/8 29; w61 71; g61 10/8 15-16

Christian view: g85 12/22 8-11; w74 517, 520; w73 549; g72 4/22 21; li 283-284; ms 491-492; w64 483-484; w62 6; g62 4/22 18-19; w60 242-243; w59 398; g59 6/8 27-28; lg 237-240; w51 70-72; g40 10/30 27-28; w39 325; s 280

clergy: g33 3/15 369

attitude toward war: w68 485-486; g68 2/22 25; g68 4/22 30-31; g67 8/8 5; li 282; g66 4/22 29-30; g65 4/22 31; g65 8/22 29; g62 4/22 30; g60 5/22 29; g60 11/22 18; w59 445; g59 1/8 20-23; w58 75, 383; w57 495; w54 199-200; g54 4/22 26; w53 145; w51 132-134; g51 4/22 3-4; w50 340; w42 74; g39 5/3 11; g37 5/5 492-493; g36 8/12 707-708; g36 8/26 758; g35 2/13 311; g35 7/31 687; g34 6/6 563; g33 3/15 369; g32 3/2 340

“just-unjust war” theory: g84 3/22 6; g82 3/22 6; w80 11/15 10; w76 217-218; g76 1/8 30

opposition to nuclear war: g84 3/22 4-5, 7; g84 9/22 28

prayers: w78 11/1 25

support of guerrilla warfare: g76 7/8 31

support of war: yb86 242-243; g85 1/8 28; g85 12/8 3; g85 12/22 4-5; w84 7/1 21; g84 7/22 19-20; g84 11/8 12-13; g83 3/22 29; g83 5/8 29-30; g83 6/22 29; w82 2/1 5; w82 12/15 11; g82 3/22 4-7; w80 1/15 6; w78 4/1 7; w78 4/15 3; g78 5/8 29-30; g78 9/22 29; g78 12/22 9-10, 12; g75 2/22 18-23; g75 7/8 30; w74 217; ts 46; g74 10/22 13-14; w73 549; g73 5/8 23; w72 625-627, 748-749, 760; pm 215-216, 307-308; g72 4/22 5-17; g72 6/8 26; g72 10/8 7; g72 10/22 29; g72 12/8 29; w71 215; w71 463; w71 644, 647; g70 2/22 30; g70 4/22 20, 30; w69 529; g69 4/22 7-8; g69 9/22 30; g69 10/8 16; w68 3, 187, 485-486, 599; g68 1/22 29; g68 4/22 21-23; g68 10/22 30-31; w67 299, 759; g67 2/8 31; g67 4/8 29; g67 7/22 13; g67 8/8 5; w66 757-758; g66 11/8 17-20; g66 12/8 10-11; w64 483; g64 3/22 5-6; g64 7/8 7; g64 9/22 11; g64 10/8 15-16; bf 502, 543; w62 237-238, 454; g62 4/22 30; g61 10/8 15-16; w60 150; w59 398; g59 10/22 6; w58 99, 349; g57 4/22 15; w55 495; sr55 28-29; w53 144-145; g52 9/22 3-4; w51 132-135; w50 440; g47 9/8 8; g43 6/23 12; g41 1/22 5; g41 10/15 11; w40 181; g40 2/7 28-29; g40 10/30 11; g40 12/25 21-22; g38 10/5 20-22; g38 11/2 20, 22; g36 5/20 526; g36 9/9 776; g36 10/7 22-24; g35 1/30 280; g35 5/22 522; g35 12/4 148; g33 11/22 104-108; v-2 48-49; v-1 224-225; lt-2-30 111

support of World War I: w85 8/1 6; yb79 103-104

support of World War II: g85 12/8 6-7

Cold War: w69 614; g64 7/22 30; g64 11/8 30; g63 12/22 29; g61 8/8 29; g61 9/8 26

commerce: g84 1/22 6-9; g60 12/22 29; g53 10/22 5-8; g44 1/5 8-13; g44 6/21 19; g44 9/27 3-7; g43 9/29 3-9; g43 10/27 12-14; g42 3/18 25-26; g42 7/22 11; g42 8/5 12-16; g42 12/9 4-10; g41 12/24 12; g40 2/7 3-8; g40 2/21 20; w35 184; g35 5/22 526-528; g35 7/3 621

cost: w85 10/15 3-4; w82 12/15 3; g82 9/22 29; g73 12/22 18-19; g71 8/22 6-7; g71 10/8 5, 24; g71 12/8 29; g70 9/8 8-11; g69 5/8 30; g69 9/22 30-31; g69 10/8 20; g66 8/8 31; g66 9/8 31; g66 10/22 30; w64 678; g61 4/8 29-30; g61 7/8 5; g60 6/8 16; g60 9/22 23-24; g60 10/22 5; g60 11/8 29; g60 12/22 23; w58 323; g58 10/22 12; g58 12/8 6-7; g57 11/8 12; g56 4/8 15; g55 6/8 31; g54 4/22 15; g54 12/22 9-11; g52 3/8 15; g52 9/8 24; g51 2/22 12; g50 12/22 7; g47 9/8 5-7, 13; g46 2/27 19; g40 4/3 9; g39 4/19 25; g39 5/3 27; g38 6/29 13; g36 9/9 772-773; g35 5/22 519, 535-536; g35 9/11 784; g34 3/28 403; g34 6/20 590; g34 8/1 694; g33 1/18 242; g33 7/5 620; g33 10/25 54; g32 5/25 539

nuclear submarine: g85 6/22 30

psychological cost: w85 10/15 3-4

declarations of, nonexistent since World War II: g85 4/22 29

definition: w56 132; g47 9/8 3

discussion: w83 11/15 10-18; g82 2/22 4, 6-9; g78 12/22 3-4; g40 4/3 25; g39 5/3 26-27; g39 12/27 23-31; g37 6/30 619-620; g36 2/12 297; g35 5/22 532-534; g33 1/18 246; g30 5/14 515-518; g30 5/28 551-556; g30 6/11 591-595; g30 6/25 623-627; g30 7/9 655-659; g30 7/23 689-693; g30 8/6 719-722; g30 8/20 757-760; g30 9/3 787-792

dragon’s war against remnant (Re 12:17): su 176-177; w81 5/1 22; w76 753-756; fm 321-322

during 1945–55: g55 5/8 3-4

effect on man: g70 2/22 29

aftereffects on individuals: g85 6/22 30; g82 8/8 16-21; g78 12/22 4-5

effect on society: w75 559; w66 486; g64 5/22 5; g61 3/8 30; g60 8/8 30-31; g60 9/22 22-23; g58 7/8 8; g58 12/8 6; g56 10/22 3; g55 1/8 23; g54 9/8 8; g54 12/8 28; g54 12/22 10-11; g52 7/22 28; g50 4/22 17-20; g47 5/22 5; g47 9/8 4-5; g47 11/22 12-15; g47 12/22 20; na46 3-6; g46 3/13 25-26; g46 6/5 30; g42 11/11 27-28; g41 4/16 3; g41 4/30 3; g40 4/3 25; g40 6/12 20-21; g39 2/22 5-7; g39 5/31 23; g38 11/16 6; g35 5/22 520-523; w30 233

end forever: w85 2/15 3-7; w83 11/15 11-12; w71 100; g71 10/8 24; g70 9/8 11; is 182-183; g68 10/8 17; w67 406; ev 181-182; g67 8/22 5-6; g64 5/22 7; g63 4/22 27; w62 241; g62 10/8 25-26; w60 551, 617; sw 3; g60 3/8 4; w59 624-625; gs 30; pa 221; g58 2/8 8; g58 10/22 7; g57 8/8 20; g56 10/22 6; g56 12/22 4; w55 443; lg 266-267; g50 9/8 16; ci 345-346

experiences:

life story of a chief petty officer, U.S. Navy: w83 11/15 13-18

life story of signals leader for bomber squadron: g85 12/8 4-9

Witnesses assigned civilian posts allowing Society contact: yb86 236-237

failure of UN to prevent: g83 1/22 29

games for the public: w85 3/15 24; w79 8/15 30

Geneva Convention: g77 7/22 30

conference to draft rules of war: g81 1/8 29

God’s view of man’s wars: w60 618; sw 5-6; w59 328-329; mn 10-11; w54 197-200; bn 13; w39 323

horrors of: w84 7/1 20-21; g74 10/22 12, 15

neutrality of early Christians: g85 12/22 9-10; g83 5/8 29-30; g82 3/22 7-8; w80 11/15 10; w78 4/15 15; g73 5/8 23; g72 4/22 21-22; ad 132-133; qm 277; li 280-283; g62 4/22 18-19; jp 230; w58 73; g58 4/8 8; qm55 277; g53 8/8 10; w51 139; rm 296; el 202-203; w49 106; g48 5/8 23; g35 9/11 784

neutrality of Jehovah’s Witnesses: w85 10/15 6-7; g85 12/22 10-11; w84 9/15 18; uw 166-167; kc 158-159; w79 11/1 7-8

nuclear: w85 1/15 13

Bible view as to whether there will be a nuclear holocaust: g83 12/22 4-7

clergy attitude toward: g84 9/22 28; g84 11/8 12-13

clergy opposition to: g84 9/22 28; w83 8/15 11; g83 6/22 29

comment by International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War: g81 7/22 29

conference on “The World After Nuclear War”: g84 5/22 10

effect: w84 11/15 22; g83 12/22 6

estimated casualties in a nuclear war: w83 7/15 22; g79 11/22 31

fear of: w82 7/15 10

fear of accidental: g84 9/8 29

peace movement: g83 8/22 3-5

problem of a country’s neutrality during: g83 1/22 29

Rickover’s (Hyman G.) comment: g82 5/22 30

risk of war increased by modern technology: g83 10/22 29

survey as to public attitude toward: w82 12/1 11

number of—

deaths during this century: su 17

deaths each month: g85 6/22 29-30

deaths every year: w83 4/1 7; g82 10/22 29

deaths in 42 concurrent wars: w85 2/15 4

deaths since 1960: g83 4/8 29

deaths since World War II: w85 10/15 3; g85 6/22 29-30; w84 3/15 5; g83 2/8 29; w79 1/1 3

nations engaged in armed conflict: g83 6/22 29-30; g83 10/8 5

peaceful days since World War II: g81 1/8 11; w78 7/15 19; g78 12/22 7

people involved in wars in 1982: g82 10/22 29

simultaneous wars: w85 1/15 13

wars: g72 3/8 6-7; g71 4/22 20; w70 269; g70 7/22 29; g69 5/22 10; g66 7/8 30; g64 5/22 5-6

wars during the 20th century: w83 4/1 3

wars going on during “peacetime”: g81 10/8 29

wars in 1984: g85 4/22 29; g84 10/22 5-6

wars ‘on any given day’: g81 4/8 25; w80 1/15 6; w78 7/15 19

wars since 1960: g83 4/8 29

wars since 3600 B.C.E.: w83 4/1 3

wars since World War II: w85 10/15 3; g85 4/22 29; w84 3/15 5; w83 4/1 7; w83 11/15 10; g83 2/8 29; g82 9/8 29; g81 4/8 25; g81 5/8 8; w80 1/15 6; w78 7/15 19; g78 12/22 8; w75 634

years of war and of peace: tp73 11; g73 3/22 29; w71 299-300; g71 4/22 20; g69 8/8 30; w66 485; w64 623; pw 8; g64 5/22 5-6; g62 10/8 3; w58 323; g54 12/22 10-11; g42 2/4 18; g41 1/8 31; g40 4/3 9; g39 5/3 11; g34 10/10 9

prayers: yb75 119; g75 2/22 19-20; w60 40, 618; sw 5-6; w59 51; w58 99; g52 9/22 24; g51 9/22 19; g44 4/26 23; w36 132; g36 4/22 455-456

prevalence: w85 10/15 3-4; w83 12/15 14

preventive war: w58 259-260; yw 297; w51 133; g51 4/22 3

religion:

failure: w82 12/15 11; w77 359; g76 10/22 7-8

involvement: w85 8/1 5-7; w85 9/1 7; g85 12/8 3-4; g85 12/22 3-7

‘justification’ of war: g85 12/8 6-7; g85 12/22 4-5; ts 36, 46

Shinto: g85 8/22 13; g81 12/8 30

religious wars: w84 3/1 8; g84 1/8 11; g82 3/22 4-7

sanctified: bf 192

scientists on war work:

attitude toward weapon-related work: g81 12/22 15

percentage: g83 2/22 29; w77 427

sign of last days: w85 1/15 13; ce 224; g84 10/22 5-6; w83 4/1 3-7; w83 5/15 22-23; kc 112-113, 119-121; g81 1/8 10-11; g81 5/8 7-8; w80 10/15 14-15; hp 145-147; w79 8/1 4; w78 1/15 9; w78 10/1 4; w75 633-634

soldier: ad 1520-1521

spoil: ad 1550-1551

symbolic representations: fm 50-52; w66 409; w65 148; w62 150-151, 485; pa 182; w47 293; w43 19; w41 28; w39 237; w38 190, 238-239; w37 109; w36 379; w34 24, 96; w33 230; pp 25; w32 117-118; lt-1-30 74

threat of annihilation: ce 194; w83 7/15 22; g82 9/22 3-4, 6-7; w80 10/15 16; w69 71; g64 5/22 5; g63 4/8 29; g63 5/22 30; g62 1/22 29; g62 2/8 8; g62 8/22 8; g62 10/22 26; w61 230, 233-234; g61 2/8 29; g61 3/8 29-31; g61 5/8 29; g61 7/8 5-8; g61 9/22 22-23, 29; g61 11/8 9-12; w60 617-618; sw 4-5; g60 1/22 15; g60 4/8 6; g60 8/22 23; g60 11/8 11; g60 12/8 11; w59 517, 613; gs 4-5; g59 8/22 4; g58 4/22 3; w57 611; g56 1/8 24; g56 12/22 3; g55 9/8 29-30; w51 547; g50 9/8 15; w32 142; g31 7/22 691

toys: g85 5/8 31; w80 5/1 27; w76 743

ban in Sweden: g80 5/8 29

unexploded munitions from: g84 10/22 29

“war” after Thousand Year Reign (Re 20:8): lp 177-178; w74 347-348; ka 150-155; bf 641-642

weapons: w78 10/1 27; gh 149; sl 9

advertisements for sale of: g82 10/22 29

aircraft: g85 3/8 3-4; g64 7/8 30; g62 8/22 30; g61 12/8 29; g56 7/22 12; g54 5/8 9; g51 12/8 7; g50 1/22 13-16; g49 3/22 13-15; g47 6/22 22; g46 11/8 10; g44 7/19 15-16; g42 6/24 19

antimissile: g62 2/8 29

arms race: g82 10/22 29; w81 7/15 3-4; g80 4/8 17-20; g80 6/8 6-7; g78 12/22 5, 8; g74 11/8 3-7; g74 12/8 30; g73 7/8 30; g73 11/8 30; w72 613; g72 10/8 3, 9-10, 29; g71 7/8 6-8; g70 9/8 10-11

asteroid bomb: w62 620; tc 21

bayonets: g35 5/22 532-534

bows: w65 55; bf 197-198

chemical: w81 2/1 19; g80 4/8 18; g80 6/8 6; g74 11/8 5; g70 1/8 29; g69 5/8 30; g68 11/22 29; w61 234; g61 5/8 29; g61 9/22 21-23

church investments: g72 2/22 30

clergy opposition to nuclear weapons: g84 3/22 4-5, 7; g84 9/22 28; w83 5/1 23; w83 8/1 12; w83 8/15 11; g83 2/22 29; g83 6/22 29; g83 9/8 31

cost: w85 2/15 4; w83 4/1 7; w83 4/15 12; g83 7/8 29; g83 9/22 29; w82 3/15 30; g82 2/22 4; g82 8/22 29; w81 1/15 10; g81 1/8 29; g81 1/22 31; g81 4/22 29; w80 1/15 7; w80 9/1 4; g80 2/8 23; g80 4/8 17; g79 8/22 29; g79 9/22 29; g79 12/8 29; w78 1/1 14; w78 4/1 5; g78 12/8 7; g78 12/22 7; w77 427; g77 1/8 23; g76 4/22 29; w75 634; g75 1/8 30; g75 4/8 29; g74 10/8 6; g74 11/8 6-7; g74 12/8 8; g73 9/8 29; g73 10/8 28-29; g72 9/8 29; g72 10/8 3-4; g71 6/22 29; w70 587; g70 1/8 29; g70 9/8 9; is 182; g69 3/22 29; g69 8/22 31; g68 6/22 30; g67 8/22 5; g67 9/8 14-15; g66 10/8 30; g63 6/8 11, 14; w62 611; g62 1/22 29; g62 5/8 31; g62 6/8 30; g62 10/8 12; g61 4/8 29-30; g61 5/22 5

countries producing nuclear weapons: g83 2/22 29

cruise missile: g80 6/8 7

destruction of: w81 1/15 11; kj 372; g64 5/8 31; g64 5/22 7; w60 246; v-2 339

destructive power: w85 1/1 5; w85 2/1 9; w84 3/1 16; w83 7/15 22; g83 1/8 6, 11; w82 5/1 8; w80 7/1 3; g80 4/8 17-18; g80 6/8 5-7; g78 12/22 6-8; g74 11/8 4-5; g72 10/8 4, 9-10; g71 7/8 6-7; w69 195; w65 357; g63 1/8 5; g63 3/8 29; g62 1/22 29; g62 12/8 29; g61 4/8 30; g61 5/22 5; g61 7/8 5-6; g61 9/22 29; g61 11/22 14, 29-30

find in Federal Republic of Germany (West) of small arms munition from World War II: g83 2/22 30

flamethrowers: g41 10/1 19

folly of spending so much money and effort on: w83 10/1 19

gas: g70 10/8 31; g65 5/8 30; g61 9/8 30; g61 9/22 20-22; g61 11/22 30; w60 617-618; sw 4-5; g50 8/8 23; g50 9/8 14; g42 10/28 16; g39 10/18 11; g35 5/22 525-526; g32 5/11 496

germ warfare (biological): w81 2/1 19; g80 4/8 18; g80 6/8 6; g73 3/8 10; g70 1/8 29; g69 5/8 30; g68 11/22 29; w61 234; g61 9/22 21-23; g61 11/22 30; g60 1/22 15

Kennan’s (George F.) comment on nuclear: g81 9/8 29-30

limitation talks: g80 4/8 17; g74 11/8 3-4; g70 1/8 30

Lutheran Church’s resolution regarding nuclear arms freeze: g82 12/8 31

magnitude of international arms trade: g82 8/8 29

military research at Catholic universities: w83 3/1 27

missiles: g85 3/8 4-5; w75 487; g72 10/8 9-10; g70 8/22 29-30; g62 6/8 30; g61 5/22 30; g61 9/22 29; g61 10/22 6

napalm bombs: w83 11/15 16; g61 2/8 12

nerve gas: g80 4/8 18; g74 11/8 5; g69 5/8 30; g68 11/22 29

neutron bomb: g61 9/22 23

nuclear: w83 8/1 12; w83 11/15 10; g82 9/22 3-5; g80 4/8 17-18; g80 6/8 5-6; g80 10/22 29-30; g78 12/22 6-8; g73 1/8 30; g65 5/22 5; g64 1/22 31; g64 3/8 31; g64 4/8 31; g64 5/22 5; g63 3/8 29; g63 5/22 30; g63 9/22 30; g63 10/22 8-9; g62 6/22 29; g61 1/22 29-30; g61 5/8 29; g61 7/8 5-8; g61 9/22 29, 31; g61 11/8 9-12; g61 11/22 14, 29; g60 9/22 23-24; w59 613, 645; gs 4-5; g59 8/22 4-5; w58 762; yw 34; w57 611; g56 12/22 3; g55 1/8 23; g55 9/8 29-30; g47 9/8 7

nuclear-freeze movement: g83 1/8 3-7, 10-13

number of scientists engaged in developing: g83 10/8 5

numerical superiority to reassure public: g79 12/8 29

objections to: g62 1/22 29; g61 5/22 30

outer space: g85 3/8 5-6; w83 3/1 27

psychic weapons: g81 7/8 29

radiological: w81 2/1 18; g61 9/22 23

rainmaking: g80 4/8 19

sale: g83 2/8 29; g82 8/8 29; g74 11/8 6; g73 7/22 30

stockpile: w75 487; g74 11/8 3-6

submarines: w81 7/15 3, 7; g78 12/22 7; g74 11/8 3-4; g72 10/8 9-10; g64 4/8 31; g62 6/22 29; g61 1/8 30; g60 8/8 11; g60 12/22 29; g58 7/8 8; g51 12/8 5-7; g50 7/8 10; g47 9/8 7; g46 9/22 17

tanks: w56 744

testing: g71 2/8 29; g71 4/22 16, 30; g71 9/8 30; g71 12/22 29; g63 2/8 30; g63 6/22 30; g63 9/22 29-30; g62 6/8 29; g62 6/22 29; g62 7/22 29; g62 8/22 29; g62 9/22 29; g62 11/22 31; g62 12/22 29; g61 9/8 31; g61 12/8 29

Third World nations: w85 2/15 4; w80 9/1 4

threat to human existence: g82 9/22 3-4, 6-7; w81 2/1 18-19; g80 11/8 3; w78 1/15 9; w76 135; g72 10/8 4, 10; g71 1/22 30; g71 5/22 31; g70 9/8 9; g70 10/8 30; w69 195; g69 4/8 30; w68 67, 751-753; g63 5/22 30; g62 1/22 29; g62 2/8 8; g62 8/22 8; g62 10/22 26; g62 12/8 29; w61 230, 233-234; g61 2/8 29; g61 3/8 29-31; g61 5/8 29; g61 7/8 5-8; g61 9/22 22-23, 29; g61 11/8 9-12

V-1 rockets: yb84 101-102

V-2 rockets: g85 3/8 4-5

weather: g80 4/8 19; g80 6/8 6-7; g61 6/8 5-8

world’s leading cash commodity: g83 2/8 29

why human efforts to end, fail: w85 2/15 3-5

why peace agencies are powerless to prevent: w85 4/15 30

women: g77 5/8 21; g72 5/22 5-7

work in defense plants: w51 574

world conference at Uppsala University, Sweden: g84 11/8 12-13

World Council of Churches: g84 5/8 4-6

worldly comments on: g73 10/8 30; g71 4/22 30; ev 169; w66 486; g61 12/8 19

World War III:

question as to whether it can be prevented: g81 6/8 5-11

YMCA’s support of: w79 1/1 31

Zimbabwe: yb85 189-213

List by Name

American Revolution: g76 7/8 3-4; g71 5/22 13-14; w62 717; g38 4/20 18; g37 10/6 6

Armageddon: w85 1/1 3-7; w85 1/15 3-7; w85 2/1 3-7; w85 2/15 5-7; su 18-20; w83 11/1 3-7; g74 11/8 7-8; w73 296-297; w71 623-624; kj 363-368, 372-373, 376-377; w66 726-728, 730; w64 624-628; pw 9-19; g64 5/22 7; w61 718, 724-727; g61 11/22 15; pa 204-210; w55 435-436; sr55 337-343; w51 615-616; lt-2-30 55-57

Boer War: w85 8/1 6; w85 11/1 10

Eighty Years’ War: g72 9/22 21-25

Maori wars: w79 9/15 8-9

Napoleonic: qm 295; qm55 295; g54 12/22 10-11; g47 9/8 4, 6; ta 316

Opium War: g75 5/8 9-12

Peasants’ War in Germany (1524): g79 9/8 7

Taiping Rebellion (China): g82 3/22 7

Third Punic War officially ended: g85 5/8 29

Thirty Years’ War: w82 1/1 4; g72 4/22 13; g71 6/22 16-19; qm 295; g66 7/22 17-20; g65 4/22 5; qm55 295; g52 7/8 20; g47 9/8 4, 8; ta 316, 319; g43 2/3 19-21; g40 9/4 9

U.S. Civil War: g61 12/8 19; g47 9/8 4; g43 1/6 26

List by Place

Chad: g79 9/22 12-16

China: w72 444

Cyprus: g64 4/8 29

Egypt (ancient):

backed by pagan priests: w78 6/15 15

El Salvador and Honduras: yb81 113-115

Falkland Islands: g82 9/22 30

approval of the Archbishop of Canterbury: g83 5/8 30

commercial promotions based on war: g82 12/8 29

France: g54 12/22 9-10; g47 9/8 4

French-Algerian: g62 6/22 29

French-Tunisian: g61 9/8 29

Germany, Federal Republic of (West):

find of small arms munition from World War II: g83 2/22 30

Indochina: g72 3/8 31; g72 3/22 31

Iran-Iraq: g85 12/8 3

Ireland: g72 10/22 29

Israel (ancient): ad 1039; w70 378; li 268; ns 220; g59 5/22 27-28; pa 72-74; w55 519; sr55 252; w54 197-198, 688-695; lg 238; rm 155-158; w49 102-103; ki 113-114; g40 2/7 17-18; w39 327-329; ne 15-19; bg 49-52

against Canaanites: g82 2/22 7

against tribe of Benjamin: w78 2/1 15-16

Israeli–Arab: w84 9/15 10; yb80 243-244; g74 10/22 16; g74 11/8 5; g69 1/22 5-6; w68 553-554; w67 483-484; g67 7/8 29

Italy–Ethiopia: g50 3/8 5; g38 10/5 20-23; g37 1/13 246; g37 8/25 749; g37 10/6 31; g36 9/9 773-780; g35 9/25 814-816

Japan–China: g43 7/21 28; g42 1/7 21; g42 4/1 4-11; g42 9/2 29-31; g42 10/28 16; g41 1/8 26; g40 2/21 26-27; g39 5/3 9; g38 3/9 24; g38 6/1 13; g38 7/13 20-21; g38 8/24 18; g38 12/28 26; g33 3/1 330; g32 3/2 326-328; g32 3/16 367-371; g32 3/30 405-406; g32 8/17 711-712

Korea, Republic of (South): w71 188-189; g65 4/8 29; g65 5/8 16; g65 12/22 30; g64 4/8 18-19; g63 11/22 5-6; g62 10/8 7-8, 11; g61 9/22 21; g58 12/8 6; g56 6/8 8; g55 5/8 4; g55 6/8 31; g54 12/22 10-11; g53 10/22 5-8

armistice meetings: g68 2/22 11-15

Lebanon: g84 2/8 29; g84 2/22 16; g82 3/22 4; yb80 203-209; w76 491; g76 6/8 16-23; g76 10/22 7

youths’ participation: w78 1/15 11

Nigeria: yb86 228-230, 241

clergy involvement: yb86 242-243

South Africa: w85 11/1 10

clergy involvement in Boer War: w85 8/1 6

Spain (1936–1939): w80 12/15 24-26; yb78 135, 144-145, 154-157; ta 323; g45 4/11 3-8; g45 6/20 12-13; g41 1/22 5; w40 123; g39 3/8 3-9; g38 4/20 21; g38 7/27 13-15; g38 9/21 21; g38 10/19 20-22; g38 11/16 23; g37 2/24 323-336; g37 4/21 476; g37 6/30 622; g37 11/17 12-13; g37 12/15 24-26; g37 12/29 19, 23-28; g36 10/7 17-26; g36 10/21 58-62; g36 11/4 82-86

Third World nations: g85 4/22 29; g81 2/22 31; w80 9/1 4

Vietnam: g73 1/22 29; g72 4/22 5-9; g72 5/22 7; g72 10/8 3-4; g71 2/22 30; g71 6/22 29; g71 7/22 7; g71 9/8 29; g71 12/8 29; g69 6/22 29; g69 9/22 30-31; g68 5/8 29-30; g68 8/8 15; g68 10/22 30; g67 3/22 30; g67 6/22 30; g67 8/8 5; g66 2/8 29; g66 2/22 9-12; g66 7/22 3; g66 8/8 31; g66 9/22 5; g66 12/22 5; g65 4/8 29; g65 5/8 30; g65 9/22 30; g64 9/22 29; g64 10/22 29; g63 2/22 29

aftereffects on veterans: g85 6/22 30; g82 8/8 16-21; g78 12/22 4

casualties: g85 10/22 18; g79 12/22 29

Catholics: w75 400; g75 6/22 30

Chinese invasion: w79 8/1 3

effect on ecology: g85 9/22 30

first-person account: g85 10/22 15-23

Kampuchea (Cambodia): w79 8/1 3; g70 6/8 29

Zaire: g78 8/22 13-15

Zimbabwe: yb85 170-172, 174-178, 189-213

effect of land mines on wildlife: g80 10/8 30

Quotations

chief motivation of war is no longer greed but religion: w84 8/15 26

churches are the finest blood-lust creators we have: g85 12/22 5

church’s involvement in war is the shameful part of our history: g83 5/8 29-30

end of, a requirement for a self-sustaining ecological system: g76 4/8 16

enough people still want to fight to keep the war habit going: w83 12/15 14

every war is a just war, in the opinion of those who are running it: w84 11/15 15

few secular political rivalries ever generate the bloodthirsty fervor of religious war: w84 4/1 9

greater research effort devoted to than to any other activity on earth: g79 8/22 29

half or more wars are religious conflicts: w76 199

if nations did not learn war any more, there would be nothing mankind could not do: w85 1/15 13; w83 10/1 19

if soldiers refused to kill somebody simply because they practice the same religion, it would be [very] hard to get a war going: w85 9/1 7

men no longer declare war or make an end to war; they simply war: w83 4/1 7

nations live by the code of outlaws: w79 8/1 3

no Christian can war against another Christian: g85 12/22 8-9; w81 11/1 7

no ideology makes men immune to ethnic and racial strife: w79 8/1 3

nothing has done more to discredit Christianity than its practice of taking a stand virtually indistinguishable from that of non-Christians on the practice of war: g84 1/8 11

only completely consistently moral people are those who refuse to participate: g79 4/22 11

since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed: w85 10/15 7

society mixture of two types: warring or pagan, peaceful or Christian: g78 9/22 5

there was once a time when communists felt incapable of war against each other: w79 8/1 3

this has been the bloodiest century in the history of the human race: w83 4/1 3

to avoid nuclear war, experts found only one solution: that of Jehovah’s Witnesses: w84 3/15 11

twenty-six days of no war since World War II: w78 7/15 19; g78 12/22 7

very few wars have been fought in which religion has not played at least some part: w85 9/1 7

war and violence overshadowed the global problems that would normally have commanded attention: w84 6/1 31

we know that wars are terrible, but humanity continues in its crazy fratricidal race: w84 3/15 26

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