Stories of fifteen major figures, ranging from Ikhnaton of ancient Egypt to Dag Hammarskjold of modern Sweden, who dedicated themselves to the abolition of war.

Escape to the Future -- Ikhnaton: The Pharaoh Who Gave an Empire for Peace -- Buddha: The Religious Teacher Who Gave Up God for Peace of Mind -- Asoka: The King Who Tried to Merge Religion and Empire for Peace -- Jesus: The Saint Who Could Find Peace Only in the Coming of God's Kingdom -- Saint Augustine and Saint Francis: The City of God and the City of Man -- William Penn and the Quakers: The Way of Love -- Thoreau: Civil Disobedience -- Tolstoy: Christian Pacifism -- Nobel: The Best Minds -- Carnegie: Peace Through Philanthropy -- Norman Angell: The Illogicality of War -- Wilson: War to End War -- Gandhi: Nonviolence as Philosophy and Technique -- Dag Hammarskjold: Peace by Juridical Sanction -- Peace is the Way.