Poison in the well [[electronic resource] ] : radioactive waste in the oceans at the dawn of the nuclear age / / Jacob Darwin Hamblin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451477903321
• Autore: Hamblin Jacob Darwin
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2008
• ISBN: 1-281-39720-2; 9786611397203; 0-8135-4423-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (326 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.72/8909162
• Soggetti: Radioactive waste disposal in the ocean; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-299) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Threshold Illusions -- Chapter 2. Radiation Anxieties -- Chapter 3. The Other Atomic Scientists -- Chapter 4. Forging an International Consensus -- Chapter 5. No Atomic Graveyards -- Chapter 6. The Environment as Cold War Terrain -- Chapter 7. Purely for Political Reasons -- Chapter 8. Confronting Environmentalism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In the early 1990's, Russian President Boris Yeltsin revealed that for the previous thirty years the Soviet Union had dumped vast amounts of dangerous radioactive waste into rivers and seas in blatant violation of international agreements. The disclosure caused outrage throughout the Western world, particularly since officials from the Soviet Union had denounced environmental pollution by the United States and Britain throughout the cold war. Poison in the Well provides a balanced look at the policy decisions, scientific conflicts, public relations strategies, and the myriad mishaps and subsequent cover-ups that were born out of the dilemma of where to house deadly nuclear materials. Why did scientists and politicians choose the sea for waste disposal? How did negotiations about the uses of the sea change the way scientists, government officials, and ultimately the lay public envisioned the ; oceans? Jacob Darwin Hamblin traces the development of the issue in Western countries from the end of World War II to the blossoming of the environmental movement in the early 1970's. This is an important book for students and scholars in the history of science who want to explore a striking case study of the conflicts that so often occur at the intersection of science, politics, and international diplomacy.

In search of Omar Khayyam / / Ali Dashti ; translated from the Persian by L.P. Elwell-Sutton

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779188703321
• Autore: DashtiÌ 'AliÌ <1895-1982., >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Routledge, , 2011
• ISBN: 1-136-84084-2; 1-280-67013-4; 1-136-84085-0; 9786613647061; 0-203-83309-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (279 p.)
• Collana: Routledge library editions. Iran ; ; v. 12
• Altri autori (Persone): Elwell-SuttonL. P (Laurence Paul)
• Disciplina: 891.5511; 891/.55/11
• Soggetti: Persian literature
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published in English in 1971.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; In search of omar khayyam; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Note on transliteration; Preface to the persian second edition; Part One: In search of khayyam; 1. Khayyam as poet; 2. Khayyam as seen by his contemporaries; 3. Meanness or common sense?; 4. Hero or martyr?; 5. A dispute with a prince; 6. Khayyam from his own writings; 7. Khayyam and sufism; 8. Khayyam and isma'ilism; Part Two: In search of the quatrains; 1. The key quatrains; 2. The axis of life and death; 3. Khayyam's literary style; 4. Khayyam and his imitators; 5. Khayyam's wine-poetry; 6. Khayyam as seen by the west; 7. The selected quatrains8. Some khayyam-like quatrains; Part Three: ; Random thoughts; 1. 'Whence we have come, and whither do we go?'; 2. 'If it was bad, whose was thefault but his?'; 3. 'A tiny gnat appears-anddisappears'; 4. 'The withered tulip never blooms again'; 5. 'Whether this breath i take will be my last'; Appendix I: Biographical notes; Appendix II: glossary of technical terms; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Khayyam has been the subject of speculation on the part of literary critics ever since Edward Fitzgerald published his own version of the Rubaiyat in 1859. This edition represented the first opportunity to study in English the work of Khayyam by a Persian scholar. There is no conclusive evidence to prove which of the many quatrains attributed to Khayyam are authentic. Ali Dashti therefore constructs a likeness of the poet from references found in the works of writers of his day or immediately after, and from Khayyam's own works on philosophy, mathematics and astronomy, of which the auth

African Insurgencies : From the Colonial Era to the 21st Century / / Richard A. Lobban Jr., Chris H. Dalton

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910158606703321
• Autore: Lobban Jr., Richard A.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2023; London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), , 2023
• ISBN: 9798400608124; 9798216043416; 9781440839955; 1440839956
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxix, 245 pages) : maps
• Collana: Praeger Security International
• Disciplina: 355.0218096
• Soggetti: Decolonization; Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Pre-colonial and colonial insurgencies -- Anti-colonial resistance and national liberation movements -- Separatist and irredentist movements ; -- Reformist, revolutionary, and Islamist insurgencies -- Genocide, warlords, and proxy wars: interwoven themes and ruthless insurgents -- Analysis: classifications, comparisons, and conclusions.
• Sommario/riassunto: Presenting a continent-wide comparative analysis of ethnic, political, and colonially based insurgencies, this text examines the causes, tactics, outcomes, and key individuals of African insurgent events and assesses a range of foreseeable outcomes in Africa's multiple regions of continuing political instability. Insurgencies continue to erupt in many nations of Africa. The techniques and intended purposes of today's insurgencies are evolutions of historical versions of insurgencies, long-standing strife among ethnic and political groups, and modern-era movements reflective of the ever-shrinking planet, leading to revolutions in the region. This book spans the African continent to address a diverse classification of insurgencies and revolutions, weaving them together thematically and enabling readers to make connections between their purposes, tactics, outcome, and impact. Providing researchers in African and security studies with a comprehensive body of work for further studies, this eminently readable work examines the many past and current insurgencies that have occurred in Africa, identifying their causes and predominantly common bases and rationales. Coauthored by an acclaimed scholar of African studies and a U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel with a master's degree in national security and strategic studies, this single-volume book provides an in-depth examination into the drivers, actors, tactics, weapons, intended outcomes, and sweeping consequences of the many events in Africa that have overturned existing rule or implemented rule where none existed-and in a few cases, resulted in stabilization of a nation. Readers will better understand the causal, contextual, tactical, ideological, and philosophical factors that launch insurgencies through coverage of pre-colonial insurgencies; anti-colonial resistance and national liberation movements; separatist and irredentist movements; reformist, revolutionary, and Islamist insurgencies; and genocide, warlord, and proxy insurgencies. The book's last chapter discusses how insurgent movements might be prevented through better governance, or contained or defeated with diplomatic and/or military means.