ABSTRACT
For a comparative analysis of the peace movements it is first necessary to find a basis of comparison. Geography, therefore, provides one of the very important determinants one must consider in the analysis of the national strategies and foreign policies of states, as well as the attitudes within those which may give rise to various peace movements. The peace movement says that on the one hand it is decoupling, but on the other hand it may be coupling because, after all, the United States will fight the war from Europe while holding at reserve its own forces. The conversion of military spending to other forms of expenditure is the fourth basic recommendation. This of course gets much of applause beyond the rank and file of the peace movements. Soviet intimidation on the one hand and the Western mirror imaging by the detente policy on the other may be the psychological parents of the peace movement.
