Annihilation from Within: The Ultimate Threat to Nations - Fred Charles Ikle - Books - Columbia University Press - 9780231139533 - January 20, 2010
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Fred Charles Ikle
Annihilation from Within: The Ultimate Threat to Nations

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Globalization guarantees the spread of new technologies, whether beneficial or destructive, and this proliferation reaches beyond North Korea, Iran, and other rogue states. Our greatest threat is a cunning tyrant who might gain a few weapons of mass destruction and annihilate a nation's government from within, assuming dictatorial power. The twentieth century offers vivid examples of tyrants who have exploited major national disasters by rallying violent followers and intimidating an entire nation. To explain how we have become so vulnerable, Fred Ikle turns to history. Some 250 years ago, science was freed from political and religious constraints, causing a cultural split. Since then, science has advanced at an accelerating pace while religion and politics have moved along a zigzag course. This divergence will widen and endanger the survival of nations. Drawing on his experience as a Washington insider, Ikle outlines the practical measures that could be implemented to help us avert catastrophe.

160 pages

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released January 20, 2010
ISBN13 9780231139533
Publishers Columbia University Press
Pages 160
Dimensions 140 × 210 × 12 mm   ·   220 g
Language English  

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