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UNINA9910451676903321 |
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Autore |
Iklé Fred Charles |
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Titolo |
Annihilation from within [[electronic resource] ] : the ultimate threat to nations / / Fred Charles Iklé |
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New York, : Columbia University Press, c2006 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (100 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Security, International |
Technology - Social aspects |
Terrorism |
Radicalism |
Nuclear disarmament |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [109]-130) and index. |
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Front matter -- CONTENTS -- What This Book Is About -- 1. Mankind's Cultural Split -- 2. Science Pushes Us Over the Brink -- 3. Five Lessons of the Nuclear Age -- 4. Annihilation from Within -- 5. Time to Get Serious -- 6. Restoration -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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In this eloquent and impassioned book, defense expert Fred Iklé predicts a revolution in national security that few strategists have grasped; fewer still are mindful of its historic roots. We are preoccupied with suicide bombers, jihadist terrorists, and rogue nations producing nuclear weapons, but these menaces are merely distant thunder that foretells the gathering storm. It is the dark side of technological progress that explains this emerging crisis. Globalization guarantees the spread of new technologies, whether beneficial or destructive, and this proliferation reaches beyond North Korea, Iran, and other rogue states. Our greatest threat is a cunning tyrant gaining possession of a few weapons of mass destruction. His purpose would not be to destroy landmarks, highjack airplanes, or attack railroad stations. He would annihilate a nation's government from within and assume dictatorial power. The twentieth century offers vivid examples of tyrants who have |
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exploited major national disasters by rallying violent followers and intimidating an entire nation. To explain how we have become so vulnerable, Iklé turns to history. Some 250 years ago, science was freed from political and religious constraints, causing a cultural split in which one part of our culture remained animated by religion and politics while the other became guided by science. Since then, technological progress and the evolving political order march to different drummers. Science advances at an accelerating pace while religion and politics move along a zigzag course. This divergence will widen and endanger the survival of all nations. Drawing on his experience as a Washington insider, Iklé outlines practical measures that could readily be implemented to help us avert the worst disaster. |
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Record Nr. |
UNINA9910790878403321 |
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Titolo |
This is who we were : in the 1960s |
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Amenia, NY : , : Grey House Publishing, , [2013] |
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�2013 |
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1-78539-242-5 |
1-61925-249-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 607 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Nineteen sixties |
United States Economic conditions 1961-1971 |
United States Social conditions 1960-1980 |
United States Civilization 1945- |
United States History 1961-1969 |
United States Social life and customs 20th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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"Based on material from Grey House Publishing's Working American Series by Scott Derks." |
"Our jobs -- Our clothes -- Our leisure -- Our day to day -- What we paid for rent & food -- What we read -- What we watched -- What we ate -- How we travelled -- Plus: U.S. Census comparisons & rankings and state-by-state census data"--Cover. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Table of Contents ""; ""Section One: Profiles ""; ""Section Two: Historical Snapshot ""; ""Section Three: Economy of the Times ""; ""Section Four: All Around US ""; ""Section Five: Census Data ""; ""Index "" |
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Takes a look at the decade in America when demonstrations were commonplace and traditional values were questioned and presents American history through the eyes and ears of everyday Americans. Representing all classes, dozens of occupations, and all regions of the country, this book includes 30 profiles of individuals and families--their life at home, on the job, and in their neighborhood--with lots of photos and historical images of the time, including the African American in Washington, D.C. who taught himself how to win a gold medal for weight lifting in the 1960s Olympics, to the Nashville country music record producer who signed Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline, and Chet Atkins. |
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