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'''''PlanetHood: The Key to Your Future''''' was written by [[Benjamin B. Ferencz]] and [[Ken Keyes, Jr.]] in 1988. This non-copyrighted work was written to advance the argument for a system of [[international law]] complete with courts, enforcement, and an international congress.

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{{Infobox book

| name = PlanetHood: The Key to Your Survival and Prosperity

| author = [[Benjamin B. Ferencz|Dr. Benjamin B. Ferencz]], [[Ken Keyes, Jr.]]

| country = United States

| language = English

| subject = [[international law]]

| genre =

| publisher = Vision Books

| pub_date = 1988

| pages = 188 ''(first edition)''

| image = File:PlanetHood.jpg

}}

'''''PlanetHood: The Key to Your Survival and Prosperity''''' (2nd Ed.: '''''PlanetHood: The Key to Your Future''''')<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ferencz |first=Benjamin B. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X_-CQgAACAAJ |title=PlanetHood: The Key to Your Future |last2=Keyes |first2=Ken |date=1991 |publisher=Love Line Books |isbn=978-0-915972-21-0 |language=en}}</ref> was written by [[Benjamin B. Ferencz]] and [[Ken Keyes, Jr.]] in 1988. This non-copyrighted work was written to advance the argument for a system of [[international law]] complete with courts, enforcement, and an international congress. A central theme of the book is the threat to civilization posed by [[nuclear weapons]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Ferencz |first=Benjamin B. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SoGOEyzJCl4C |title=PlanetHood: The Key to Your Survival and Prosperity |last2=Keyes |first2=Ken |date=1988 |publisher=Vision Books |isbn=978-0-915972-14-2 |language=en}}</ref>

The authors start by highlighting some of the serious global problems facing humanity. They then proceed to show that a system of effective international law has been a developing trend historically, beginning with [[Franciscus de Victoria]] in [[1526]] through the establishment of a federalist government in the wake of the [[American Revolution]] and continuing to the present day.

It was written as sequel to ''The Hundredth Monkey'' (1982).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ferencz |first=Benjamin B. |url=http://archive.org/details/planethoodkeyto000fere |title=PlanetHood : the key to your survival and prosperity |last2=Keyes |first2=Ken |date=1988 |publisher=Coos Bay, OR : Vision Books |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-915972-14-2 |page=190(191)}}</ref>

Optimism is the central tone of the book and it was designed to inspire its readers into replacing what they call the "rule of force" with an [[antiwar]] "rule of law."

== Dr. Benjamin B. Ferencz ==

[[Benjamin B. Ferencz|Dr. Benjamin B. Ferencz]] was a chief prosecutor in the [[Nuremberg war crimes trials]]. A graduate of [[Harvard Law School]], he was Adjunct Professor of International Law at [[Pace University]]. He was also the founder of the Pace Peace Center and the author of many books on [[world peace]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Planethood |url=https://www.wagingpeace.org/shop/planethood/ |access-date=2023-09-03 |website=Nuclear Age Peace Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Ken Keyes, Jr. ==

[[Ken Keyes, Jr.]] was the author of The Hundredth Monkey, which awakened millions to our planetary predicament. He was also the author of Handbook to Higher Consciousness, which has over one million in print.<ref name=":1" />

== Book ==

The authors start by highlighting some of the serious global problems facing humanity. They then proceed to show that a system of effective [[international law]] has been a developing trend historically, beginning with [[Franciscus de Victoria]] in [[1526]] through the establishment of a [[federalist government]] in the wake of the [[American Revolution]] and continuing to the present day.

Optimism is the central tone of the book and it was designed to inspire its readers into replacing what they call the "rulelaw of force" with an [[antiwar]]the "ruleforce of law."<ref name=":0" />

==References==

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Ferencz, Benjamin B., and Ken Keyes. ''PlanetHood: The Key to Your Survival and Prosperity''. Coos Bay, OR: Vision, 1988. Print.

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