The Iraq War and its consequences : thoughts of Nobel Peace laureates and eminent scholars / / editors, Irwin Abrams, Wang Gungwu

• Pubblicazione: River Edge, N.J., : World Scientific, c2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (456 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.567073; 956.70443
• Soggetto topico: Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Influence
• Altri autori: AbramsIrwin <1914-2010.> WangGungwu
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Copyright; Foreword; Introduction; Contents; Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet; Rt. Hon. David Trimble; Jody Williams; Jose Ramos-Horta; Sir Joseph Rotblat; Frederik Willem de Klerk; Mairead Corrigan Magurie; Peter Hansen; Mary Ellen McNish; Brian Phillips, Ph.D.; Cora Weiss; Christian Dominice; Wars of Terror - Noam Chomsky; Rumors of War - Joseph Stiglitz; The Hidden Costs of War - William D Hartung with Ceara Donnelley; What Future for the UN Charter System of War Prevention? Reflections on the Iraq War - Richard Falk ; Iraq: Educational Renewal for an Arab Renaissance? - Sir John Daniel Warning from History: Why Iraq is Not Japan - John W. Dower; Kirkuk: An Eyewitness Account - Eric Stover; Lifting the Fog of War; Is the Human Rights Era Over? Reflections on the Asia-Pacific Post-September 11th - Rosemary Foot, Ph.D.; Dealing with Rights-Abusing Regimes Without Going to War - Helena Cobban; Alternatives to War on Iraq, North Korea and Iran - Frank N. von Hippel; Missing in Action: The Iraq Museum and the Human Past - Benjamin R. Foster ; Reflections on the Looting of the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad - Colin Renfrew End of a Dictator - Faleh A. Jabar; Iraq: Collective Punishment in War and Peace - Mahmood Mamdani; Multilateral Organizations After the U.S.-Iraq War - Lisa L. Martin; War Talk - Robin Tolmach Lakoff; Multilateralism and American Power - Roland Paris; Moral Courage and Civil Society: Lessons from Yugoslavia - Svetlana Broz; The Iraq War and the Dialogue Among Civilizations - Akira Iriye; A Sermon of Sorrow - Bishop Gunnar Stalsett; A Memorial Service on the UN Tragedy - Bishop Gunnar Stalsett
• Sommario/riassunto: An extraordinary collection of essays on the recently concluded Iraq War by Nobel Peace laureates and leading scholars. The Iraq War and its Consequences is the First and Only book that brings together more than 30 Nobel Peace laureates and eminent scholars to offer opinions, analyses and insights on the war that has drawn both widespread opposition and strong support.In this intellectually captivating book, Professor Irwin Abrams, considered the leading authority world-wide on the history of the Nobel Peace Prize and Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at Antioch University,
• Altri titoli varianti: Thoughts of Nobel Peace laureates and eminent scholars
• Titolo autorizzato: The Iraq War and its consequences
• ISBN: 1-281-87173-7; 9786611871734; 981-238-755-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817003403321
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