I have thought a lot about the extent to which civil society has underestimated the risk or probability of nuclear war. I do not think that civil society—normal human beings, if you will—has underestimated the threat of nuclear weapons, nuclear war, and the annihilation of life on the planet. Certainly, after the Vietnam period and the nuclear contest disarmament was higher on the agenda. As I contemplate, I always wondered why the anti-Vietnam movement did not solidify into a movement to bring about change consistently. We just see it as a movement to end U.S. participation in the war. This is certainly a noble goal, but it is not moving us toward a different system or view of war.