Reason enough to hope : America and the world of the twenty-first century / Philip Morrison and Kosta Tsipis.

By: Morrison, Philip [Author]
Contributor(s): Tsipis, Kosta [Author]
Language: English Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [1998]Copyright date: c1998Description: xv, 210 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 026213344xSubject(s): Nuclear nonproliferation | Security, International | Arms control | Nuclear arms control -- United StatesDDC classification: 327.1745
Contents:
The uniqueness of our time -- Demography in times of peace and war -- U.S. nuclear forces for the next century -- Mending the leaks in nonproliferation -- Common security -- On civilian intervention -- How much is enough : the military after 2000 -- Everyone wins -- Improving the quality of life -- The limits of the practical.
Summary: In this "blue-sky" effort to rethink humanity's basic challenges, Philip Morrison and Kosta Tsipis - both eminent scientists with deep expertise in arms control issues - sketch the broad outlines for a global approach to the problems of security and development. Their goal is to set priorities for feasible action, and their focus is threefold: war and particularly the continuing dangers of nuclear weapons, population and the promotion of increased levels of human well-being, and the threat of environmental degradation.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-206) and index.

The uniqueness of our time --
Demography in times of peace and war --
U.S. nuclear forces for the next century --
Mending the leaks in nonproliferation --
Common security --
On civilian intervention --
How much is enough : the military after 2000 --
Everyone wins --
Improving the quality of life --
The limits of the practical.

In this "blue-sky" effort to rethink humanity's basic challenges, Philip Morrison and Kosta Tsipis - both eminent scientists with deep expertise in arms control issues - sketch the broad outlines for a global approach to the problems of security and development. Their goal is to set priorities for feasible action, and their focus is threefold: war and particularly the continuing dangers of nuclear weapons, population and the promotion of increased levels of human well-being, and the threat of environmental degradation.

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