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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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"Cosmic Threats : A Planetary Perspective calls for the progressive creation of supra-national institutions intended to protect life on Earth against natural threats, be these terrestrial (pandemics, super-volcanoes, major earthquakes ...) or celestial (comets, asteroids, meteor storms ...). The protection proffered would need to be pre-emptive though also responsive, reducing the number of adverse events but also their specific consequences. Rancid though the world scene currently looks, this may actually be a good time to look towards a planetary security programme that can build up over a century or more. It would need special international institutions that are sufficiently integrated to cope with the celestial and terrestrial contingencies anticipated yet not so much a class apart as to be a law unto themselves, a military regime able to ride roughshod over general world opinion. Such an holistic approach to planetary security might prove to be a definitive substitute for war between nations. Professor Brown comes to such questions from a broad career background. His lead qualifications are a Masters degree from Oxford in Modern History and a Doctorate of Science from Birmingham (UK) in Applied Geophysics. He has been a naval meteorologist; staff college instructor; part-time but pro-active as a defence correspondent for several of the West's leading journals; and political consultant. From 1980 to 1986, he was Chairman of the Council for Arms Control. From 1993 to 1997 he worked half-time in the Sensors and Electronic Systems directorate of Britain's Ministry of Defence. This was as the Academic Consultant in a small task force specifically created to advise the government of the day apropos what British policy to Strategic Ballistic Missile Defence should be"--Provided by publisher. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Prefatory statement -- The author -- Legends and realities -- Galactic reconnaissance -- [I] Underlying overviews -- Tough centuries ahead -- Planetary confinement: (1) Limited world war; (2) Ambiguous togetherness -- The Abrahamic schism: (1) Islam; (2) The Holy Land -- [II] Space age progression -- The thermonuclear five -- Skyward progression: (1) Muscovite adjustment; (2) The Chinese heritage; (3) China ascendant -- [III] Space age encounter -- Terrestrial belligerence: (1) Near space; (2) Regular war; (3) Insurgency and proliferation -- Near Earth objects -- Celestial engagement: (1) Strategic command; (2) Operational applications -- [IV] Cosmic spearhead -- Emergent priorities -- The cosmic setting -- Appendix A: The geostrategic structure -- Appendix B: Earthquakes and volcanoes. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Emergency management -- International cooperation.
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Emergency management -- International cooperation. |
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Emergency management. |
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Disaster relief -- International cooperation.
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Disaster relief -- International cooperation. |
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Disaster relief. |
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Natural disasters -- Government policy.
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Natural disasters -- Government policy. |
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Natural disasters. |
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Collisions (Astrophysics) -- Government policy.
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Collisions (Astrophysics) |
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Government policy. |
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Security, International.
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Security, International. |
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Defensive (Military science)
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Defensive (Military science) |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Brown, Neville. Cosmic threats. Brighton ; Portland : Sussex Academic Press, 2017 9781845197704 1845197704 (DLC) 2017014798 (OCoLC)945358235 |
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9781782843399 (electronic book) |
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1782843396 (electronic book) |
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9781845197704 |
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1845197704 |
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9781845197711 |
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1845197712 |
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