1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910222234503321

Autore

Smil Vaclav

Titolo

Global ecology : environmental change and social flexibility / / Vaclav Smil

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1993

ISBN

1-134-85879-5

1-134-85880-9

0-415-09886-6

1-280-05386-0

0-203-42389-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Disciplina

333.72

363.7

Soggetti

Environmental policy

Sustainable development

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. 217-236) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; Preface; 1 ELUSIVE UNDERSTANDING; 2 EXISTENTIAL NECESSITIES; 3 ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; 4 EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES; 5 CASCADING COMPLICATIONS; 6 POSSIBLE OUTCOMES; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The magnitude and rapidity of global environmental change threatens the perpetuation of life on Earth. Many aspects of this crisis are familiar to us - the destruction of tropical rainforests, the hole in the Antarctic ozone, desertification, soil erosion - yet we avoid the underlying challenge of a rapidly deteriorating ecological system and the breadth and complexity of responses demanded. Integrating an analysis of both social and environmental needs, the book explores the premises and problems of different paths towards global management. With its emphasis on flexible response, <EM



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910954291403321

Autore

Roosevelt Franklin D (Franklin Delano), <1882-1945.>

Titolo

My dear Mr. Stalin : the complete correspondence between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph V. Stalin / / edited, with commentary, by Susan Butler ; foreword by Arthur M. Schleinger, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven ; ; London, : Yale University, c2005

ISBN

9786611730345

9781281730343

1281730343

9780300129540

0300129548

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (382 p.)

Classificazione

15.70

15.85

Altri autori (Persone)

StalinJoseph <1879-1953.>

ButlerSusan <1932->

Disciplina

973.917092

Soggetti

Presidents - United States

Heads of state - Soviet Union

World War, 1939-1945

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on the Text -- Introduction -- Part 1 -- Part 2 -- Appendix -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Document Source Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

My Dear Mr. Stalin is the first publication that contains the complete correspondence between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph V. Stalin. This collection of more than three hundred hot-war messages, never before fully available in any language, is an invaluable primary source for understanding the relationship that developed between these two great world leaders during a time of supreme world crisis. The correspondence, secret at the time, begins with a letter Roosevelt wrote to Stalin offering aid to the Soviet Union following Hitler's surprise attack in 1941. It ends with a message that was an attempt to minimize



the differences between the two leaders, approved by Roosevelt only minutes before his death in 1945. The book traces the evolution of their unique relationship, revealing the statesmanship of the two men and their thinking about the grave events of their time. An informative introduction to the volume and generous annotations set the letters in context.