All War Aims For Impunity.

The Reason That The Croats Want A State Of Their Own Is That They Fear Being Cut Into Little Pieces By The Serbs.

Mr. Kaplan Is The First Traveler To Take Us On A Journey To The Jagged Places Where These Tectonic Plates Meet, And His Argument--that Our Future Is Being Shaped Far Away 'at The Ends Of The Earth'--makes His Travelogue Pertinent And Compelling Reading.

Patriotism Is Strong Nationalistic Feeling For A Country Whose Borders And Whose Legitimacy And Whose Ethnic Composition Is Taken For Granted.

There Are A Lot Of Young Canadians Who Want To Be Politically Active At Their College Or Their University Who Can't Go To The Party Convention, Who Can't Take Part In Politics, Because They're Holding Down A Job To Pay Their Tuition. These Are Kids Who Want To Do Public Service, Who Want To Get Involved Politically, But Their Financial Situation Is Precarious.

The Wars Of The Future Will Be Fought By Computer Technicians And By Lawyers And High-altitude Specialists, And That May Mean War Will Be Increasingly Abstract, Hard To Think About And Hard To Control.