Whereas he had refused any commitment in problems of our world in view of the fragility of human affairs, a man finds love and engages, with the woman at his side, in a struggle for peace in the midst of the wars of our times. It will yield stronger and stronger tensions which will lead him to pessimism and to his fate in spite of the love of the woman who conserves her hope in the future of humanity. The novel, which is based on true facts and stories, gives a simple but often unknown information on international law and on wars of our times. It is also a reflection on our human condition.