In the fifty years (and three Indo-Pakistani wars) after India and Pakistan's independence, "pacifism became known as the idea that failed." War and Peace explores the moment when India and Pakistan entered the age of the nuclear bomb, and the birth of a new peace movement in its wake. Beginning with the 1998 nuclear tests and culminating in the aftermath of September 11, Patwardhan's groundbreaking three-hour film offers a most disturbing picture of "nuclear nationalism," and profound stories of peace activism.