A Universal Disarmament Treaty has supposedly eliminated war by banning all weapons developed after 1900, but gladiatorial contests using pre-1900 weapons have become the means of settling disputes between both corporations and governments. But nuclear weapons still exist, and a situation arises in which they might be used, but in the end the three main power-blocs, the Western bloc, the Soviet bloc, and Common Europe agree to cooperate.
C3 -Michael Banks [pseud.]
C5 -AzPh, CU-Riv, Merril
C6 -Credited as Mack Reynolds (1917-83) with Michael Banks.
C7 - 1986 CY - New York DA - 01/1986 LA - eng N2 -A Universal Disarmament Treaty has supposedly eliminated war by banning all weapons developed after 1900, but gladiatorial contests using pre-1900 weapons have become the means of settling disputes between both corporations and governments. But nuclear weapons still exist, and a situation arises in which they might be used, but in the end the three main power-blocs, the Western bloc, the Soviet bloc, and Common Europe agree to cooperate.
PB - Baen Books PP - New York PY - 1986 RN -Based loosely on a story by Reynolds with the same title published in Analog Science Fact--Science Fiction 74.2 - 4 (October - December 1964): 17-41, 43-64, 50-73.
TI - Sweet Dreams, Sweet Princes ER -