The militaristic culture serves to imprison many of the world's peoples, and most persons are not even aware of the harmful limitations that this culture's emphasis on military preparedness, violence, and the use of force in international relations places on all humans. This paper discusses various characteristics of militarism, and peace education that has as some of its aims the conversion of cultures of militarism to cultures of peace, authoritarian education to democratic education, sexism to supporting equality between men and women, obedience and uniformity to supporting self-reliance, independence, and critical thinking and racism and nationalism to tolerance and global responsibility. A 39-item list of references is included. (DB)