Abstract

With the development of a new phase of the Cold War, characterized by massive rearmament and the growing mention of localized nuclear confrontations, it is not surprising that peace movements are springing up all over Western Europe — especially since that is the likely site in the event such a “limited” nuclear war does break out. But owing to different national problems and traditions, these movements have taken shape along quite different lines. The imposition of martial law in Poland and the different ways these movements have responded to it dramatically brings into the open major differences among them, raising a set of crucial new issues.