ABSTRACT
The idea of decreasing the offensive power of weapons, thereby promoting qualitative disarmament and eliminating the war-making capabilities of nations, dates back to the first global disarmament conference in 1932. This conference was held in Geneva under the auspices of the League of Nations. The major theme of this conference was how to stabilize the defensive power of weapons that nations possessed while reducing their offensive utility. The notion was introduced to the conference by Lord Robert Cecil and his military adviser, the great British military strategist Captain Basil Liddell Hart.
