Lipton

Strength Through Peace C

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Costa Rica is the only fully demilitarized, completely independent country in the world. Through good luck, good leadership, and good decisions, Costa Rica has become arguably the sanest and most progressive country on earth. This book examines how and why Costa Rica is safe and independent without any military at all, and what the rest of us can learn from its success.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 161mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 493g
• ISBN-13: 9780199924974
• ISBN-10: 019992497X
• Artikelnr.: 53449124

Autorenporträt

David P. Barash is an evolutionary biologist, Professor of Psychology emeritus at the University of Washington, and author of more than 200 technical research articles, and 39 books. He is also a long-time peace activist and was named by a right-wing organization as one of the 64 most dangerous professors in the US. Judith Eve Lipton is a psychiatrist who practiced psychopharmacology and psychosomatic medicine for 30 years. She learned sociobiology from David Barash, and they went on to maximize their fitness by investing in 4 children and 7 grandchildren, so far, not to mention co-authoring 8 books, about war, sex, and human nature. She is passionate about animals, peace, and the prevention of nuclear war.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Pursuing the Paradox
2. War and Human Nature
3. Costa Rica's Demilitarization
4. Demilitarization Elsewhere
5. Good Luck
6. Good Decisions
7. The Past as Prologue
8. Guns and Butter, Bananas and Coffee
9. Safety, Security, Defense and Deterrence
10. Conclusion: On the Fragility of Good Things