Read the excerpt from A State of War and Peace.Von Suttner encouraged Nobel's participation. He remained ambivalent, believing in more-efficient weapons to keep the peace:"All neutral countries should give a guarantee to an arbitrating court regarding the execution of its judgment—even including, if necessary, the use of force. Let us admit that anything at all is better than war. All borders would remain untouched, and a declaration should be made that any and every aggressor would have all of Europe against him."