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Bernard Lown Prescription for Survival. A Doctor's Journe (Hardback) (UK IMPORT)
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- Prescription for Survival : a Doctor's Journey to End Nuclear Madness
- Publication Name
- Prescription for Survival. A Doctor's Journey to End Nuclear Madn
- Title
- Prescription for Survival. A Doctor's Journey to End Nuclear Madn
- Format
- Hardcover
- EAN
- 9781576754825
- ISBN
- 9781576754825
- Publisher
- Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Social Science
- Release Date
- 14/07/2008
- Release Year
- 2008
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 1.4in
- Item Length
- 9.6in
- Item Width
- 6.5in
- Item Weight
- 30.9 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Topic
- Sociology / General, Historical
- Number of Pages
- 464 Pages
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How close we came to extinction, and it is forgotten now." So begins Nobel Prize winner Bernard Lown's story of his fight against the nuclear symptom of what he calls "the disease of militarism." It is still an active and highly contagious disease, but as this extraordinary memoir vividly demonstrates, it can be stopped by concerned citizens working together. In 1981, brimming with anxiety about the escalating nuclear confrontation with the Russians, Lown founded International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) with Soviet cardiologist Evgeni Chazov. They recruited more than 150,000 doctors worldwide to join their movement, held numerous international conferences, met with world political leaders, and appeared on specially produced television programs broadcast throughout the USSR and the United States. In 1985, despite active opposition from the U.S. government and NATO, Lown and Chazov accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of IPPNW. This compelling story is told with a vibrancy of language that illuminates dramatic scenes such as the historic IPPNW symposium (chaired by astrophysicist Carl Sagan) that brought together an American admiral, a Russian general, and a British field marshal at the height of the cold war; Lown, during a routine medical exam, persuading King Hussein of Jordan to join the antinuclear cause; the heart attack of a Russian journalist at an IPPNW press conference; and Lown's frank face-to-face conversations with Mikhail Gorbachev. Nuclear weapons are still very much with us, and we forget this at our peril. Prescription for Survival probes the past to help us understand what drove, and continues to drive, nuclear proliferation and offers a blueprint showing how we can join together across national boundaries to end it.
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Publisher
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1576754820
ISBN-13
9781576754825
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109248834
Product Key Features
Book Title
Prescription for Survival : a Doctor's Journey to End Nuclear Madness
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Sociology / General, Historical
Publication Year
2008
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Social Science
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.6in
Item Height
1.4in
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
30.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Jx1952
Reviews
"This absorbing book illustrates how the medical and moral views of a committed and eloquent physician and his colleagues can alter the thinking and the policies of the public, the press, and politicians and military leaders. If humanity survives the nuclear arms race, Dr. Lown will deserve much of the credit for our survival." --VICTOR W. SIDEL, MD, Distinguished University Professor of Social Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine "Dr. Lown's unwavering confidence in the justness of his cause, coupled with his courage and overwhelming determination, helped him to over- come every obstacle. This is a book I would prescribe for every friend of civilization and opponent of nuclear war (in other words, every sane human being)." --JEROME RUBIN, founder of Lexis/Nexis "Prescription for Survival describes a movement of physicians that changed the course of the mightiest powers on Earth. The prescription offered is equally relevant to winning the current struggles of impoverished and oppressed humanity for peace and justice." --DR. MUBASHIR HASAN, author, columnist, leader of the India-Pakistan peace movement, and former Minster of Finance, Planning, and Development, Pakistan "The story of IPPNW and how it managed against all odds to bring sense to a potentially explosive situation makes for a fascinating read. There is much to be learned from this book on how to mobilize the opinions of citizens and leaders in the search for a greater good." --V. KASTURI RANGAN, Malcolm P. McNair Professor of Marketing and cofounder of the Social Enterprise Initiative, Harvard Business School "A unique fabric of history woven with heart threads! It says so much about priority, what is needed when we are threatened existentially, what is possible when the right man or woman at the right place does the right thing with vision and perseverance, igniting the spark of enthusiasm in other human beings of kindred spirit. For me this unique experience is the foundation of my conviction that we can also stop climate change and keep our beautiful planet inhabitable, together." --DR. MARTIN VOSSELER, environmental activist and cofounder of Swiss Physicians for Social Responsibility, "Geneticists and molecular biologists provide a conceptual framework of transgenic and knockout technologies, reviewing a variety of modern advances in the field..." (SciTech Book News, Vol. 24, No. 4, December 2000)"...an exhaustive description of the different technologies...provides useful and specific information and possible applications to this field..." (Cell Biology International)
Table of Content
Foreword by Howard Zinn Prologue: Back to the Future Chapter 1 The Final Epidemic Chapter 2 Early Russian connections Chapter 3 The Sudden Death Task Force: US-Soviet collaboration Chapter 4 The Friendship Strategy: Building trust to sustain life Chapter 5 For your six months old grandson Chapter 6 "You can't trust the Russians" Chapter 7 "Doctors of the World Unite" Chapter 8 More sweat, less blood Chapter 9 Military brass came marching in Chapter 10 We dominate Soviet TV for one hour Chapter 11 The Catholic Church defends my left flank Chapter 12 Pay attention to Gorbachev! But who is he? Chapter 13 A nuclear game of chicken: Reagan leads the Cold War Chapter 14 Message for tomorrow: the 3rd Congress in Amsterdam Chapter 15 Brinkmanship - Flight KAL 007 downed Chapter 16 Andropov's message in a time of crisis. Chapter 17 The year without a summer-Nuclear Winter Chapter 18 "No arsonist will be invited" Chapter 19 Endless daylight in Helsinki Chapter 20 Mothers fight back Chapter 21 "No peace without justice" Chapter 22 Gorbachev challenges the nuclear status quo Chapter 23 The Medical Prescription: No trust required Chapter 24 The Nobel Prize: My Mother Expected It Chapter 25 A Space travelers puzzle Chapter 26 Cooperation not confrontation Epilogue From Communism to Terrorism Appendix: IPPNW Time Line Acknowledgments Notes Index About the Author
Copyright Date
2008
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2008-012102
Dewey Decimal
363.35092 B
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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