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Author McNamara, Robert S., 1916-2009.

Title Wilson's ghost : reducing the risk of conflict, killing, and catastrophe in the 21st century / Robert S. McNamara and James G. Blight.

Imprint New York : Public Affairs, c2001.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  327.17 M232w 2001    ---  Available
 FSCC Non-Fiction  327.17 Mcn 2001    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xvi, 270 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-252) and index.
Contents A 21st-century manifesto : choose life over death -- Prologue : Wilson's tragedy, and ours -- A radical agenda : the U.S. role in global security in the 21st century -- Preventing great power conflict : bringing Russia and China in from the cold -- Reducing communal killing : intervention in "dangerous, troubled, failed, murderous states" -- Avoiding nuclear catastrophe : moving steadily and safely to a nuclear-weapons-free world -- Reducing human carnage : an agenda for the 21st century -- Epilogue : Listening to Wilson's ghost.
Summary Robert S. McNamara and James G. Blight put forth a decisive, multi-faceted action program for realizing Wilson's dream during this century. The plan begins with a moral imperative that establishes as a major goal of foreign policy across the globe the avoidance of war.
Subject Peaceful change (International relations)
Security, International.
Pacific settlement of international disputes.
Disarmament.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
Added Author Blight, James G.
ISBN 1891620894

 
    
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