With this timely and illuminating book, Douglas Roche has again demonstrated that he is one of the most perceptive and prophetic harbingers of the new world order and of the indispensable role of the United Nations in achieving it.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-178) and index
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 327.1/7
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 20
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- 0888642547 9781459304024
- LCCN
- JX1954
- LCCN Item number
- R63 1993eb
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- CaBVAU
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- 1 electronic text (xvii, 189 p.)
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- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)thg00603419 (OCoLC)244766617 (CaOOCEL)405645
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Acknowledgments 10
- Foreword 12
- Introduction–1995: A Crossroads 16
- I: MILITARISM: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE 20
- 1 The Costs of Disorder 22
- A Lesson in Bangladesh 22
- Two Worlds Colliding 25
- The Effects of Militarism 30
- 2 The Iraq War: The Trivialization of Life 36
- "Just War" Concept Obsolete 36
- Middle East Arms: Expansion or Control? 43
- A U.N. Arms Register 46
- 3 The Movement Away from Militarism 50
- The Future of Nuclear Weapons 50
- The Gorbachev-Yeltsin View 55
- The United States in the Clinton Era 57
- Breaking the Inertia 63
- The Passage from Militarism 66
- Preventive Diplomacy, Peacemaking and Peace-keeping 69
- 4 Canada: A New Agenda for Peace 76
- A State of Ambiguity 76
- U.S. Influence on Canadian Policy 79
- Development Assistance and Security 82
- A Move Towards Common Security 84
- Canadian Strength: Verification, Peace-keeping 87
- Removing the Causes of War 90
- II: TOWARDS A HUMAN WORLD ORDER 94
- 5 The Earth Summit: A Defining Moment 96
- The Energy-Pollution Link 96
- The Population-Consumption Link 99
- Development Redefined 102
- "A Launching Pad, Not a Quick Fix" 105
- 6 Standards for an Equitable New World Order 114
- Initiatives for Common Security 114
- Washington or the U.N. As the Centre? 117
- Common Responsibility in the 1990s 121
- The Development of International Law 123
- United Nations' Reform 127
- III: OVERCOMING OBSTACLES TO CHANGE 134
- 7 Global Education for Global Security 136
- Expanding the Education Base 136
- The Education of Women 139
- Education for Sustainable Development 141
- 8 The Ethics of Leadership 146
- "Transforming" versus "Transactional" Leadership 146
- Reciprocity: A Common Value 154
- New Coalitions of Activists 157
- IV: A BARGAIN FOR HUMANITY 160
- 9 The Bargain 162
- The Nuclear Weapons-Security Council Connection 163
- North-South Mutual Interests 166
- Joint Management of the Biosphere 169
- Notes 174
- Selected Bibliography 194
- Index 198
- A 198
- B 198
- C 198
- D 200
- E 200
- F 201
- G 201
- H 202
- I 202
- J 203
- K 203
- L 203
- M 203
- N 203
- O 204
- P 204
- R 205
- S 205
- T 206
- U 206
- V 208
- W 208
- Y 208
- Z 208
