Volume 1: Part one. The tradition of war and the aspiration for peace. A glance at history to the First World War (to 1918)
Early security plans outside the League
The road to World War Two
Part two. The aftermath of World War II. The San Francisco conference and the birth of the U.N. charter (Apr.25 - June 26,1945)
The London conference and the charter of the international military tribunal (June - Aug.1945)
The Nuernberg war crimes trials (Aug.1945 - June 1949)
The Tokyo war crimes trial (1946-1948).
Volume 2: Part three. The United Nations moves to define aggression. The opening wedge (1946-1951)
The fifteen-member first special committee on the question of defining aggression (1952-1954)
The nineteen-member second special committee (1954-1957)
The twenty-one-member third special committee (1959-1967)
The thirty-five-member fourth special committee (1967-1974)
Part four. Aggression defined by consensus. Aggression defined (1974)
Analysis of the draft definition
The significance of the definition.
