compilation,[4] retitled in 1997 as P.E.A.C.E./War, by combining the legends on its front and back cover, for its reissue on CD,[nb 2] is a compilation double album first released in 1984 by R Radical Records,[nb 3][5][6] the label run by MDC frontman Dave Dictor,[1][2] in association with San Francisco Bay Area punk fanzine Maximumrocknroll.

features 55 hardcore punk acts from around the world, including high profile bands like Dead Kennedys, Crass, Subhumans, Butthole Surfers, and MDC .

Maximumrocknroll's main contribution to the project, other than assisting in recruiting acts to participate on the double album, was in the assemblage of a 72-page magazine-sized insert featuring several pages on the topics of nuclear disarmament, imperialism, radiation, pollution, and political demonstrations.

[2] All of the profits from the album, according to a primitive obi strip-style insert shrunkwrapped to the original double vinyl release, were slated for various anti-nuclear groups and activities worldwide.

[4] In 1997, the indie label New Red Archives re-released the album as a double CD set under the title P.E.A.C.E./War,[nb 2][2][8] adding five tracks from artists on their roster to the end of disc two.