The Kennedy Option: Pursuit of World Law

by Bagnall, Joseph Albert

• ISBN13: 9780761822219
• ISBN10: 0761822216
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

Summary

John F. Kennedy spoke with urgency and passion about thermonuclear and environmental issues. His words on these subjects are critical in defining the Kennedy legacy. In The Kennedy Option, Joseph A. Bagnall examines Kennedy's desire to create a global alliance that focused on creating world peace through world law. For additional information on the author and his publications visit the author's website at www.thekennedyoption.net.

Table of Contents

Photo Credits	viii
Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
A New Survival Perspective	1	(2)
A Grand and Global Alliance	3	(26)
A Profile in Courage	3	(1)
The United Nations	4	(1)
A Grand and Global Alliance	5	(3)
Relevant Documents: Concordant Views	8	(21)
President Franklin D. Roosevelt	9	(1)
Albert Einstein	10	(2)
Dr. Edward Teller	12	(1)
President Harry S. Truman	13	(2)
President Dwight D. Eisenhower	15	(3)
Chief Justice Earl Warren	18	(1)
Arnold J. Toynbee	19	(1)
President George Bush	20	(8)
Walter Cronkite	28	(1)
The Pursuit of World Law	29	(16)
The American Road to Collective Security	29	(4)
A Truce to Terror	33	(1)
The Arms Control and Disarmament Agency	33	(2)
The Third State of the Union Address	35	(1)
Commencement at American University	36	(1)
A Nuclear Test Ban Treaty	37	(1)
Final Address at the United Nations	38	(7)
The Seven Deadly Trends	45	(28)
The First Deadly Trend: Terrorism	47	(3)
The Second Deadly Trend: Ozone Depletion	50	(4)
The Third Deadly Trend: Acid Rain	54	(2)
The Fourth Deadly Trend: Global Warming	56	(7)
The Fifth Deadly Trend: Destruction of Rain Forests	63	(2)
The Sixth Deadly Trend: Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons	65	(4)
The Seventh Deadly Trend: Population Explosion	69	(2)
Can the Deadly Trends Be Resolved?	71	(2)
An American Testament	73	(10)
The Evolutionary Social Contract: A Theoretical Basis for Hope	73	(4)
Not Utopia---But The Best of all Possible Worlds	77	(2)
The Road to American Triumph	79	(4)
American Dissent	83	(10)
Voices of Dissent: The Anti-Federal Tradition	83	(2)
The States Rights Switch	85	(3)
Resistance to Globalism	88	(1)
Document I Barry Goldwater Address	88	(3)
Document II Excerpt from a Pat Buchanan Address	91	(2)
The Case for World Federalism	93	(2)
Ten Salient Points	93	(2)
Afterword	95	(2)
Appendix	97	(2)
The Charter of the United Nations	99	(28)
The Statute of the International Court of Justice	127	(17)
Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World	144	(1)
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights	144	(7)
Notes	151	(4)
Bibliography	155	(4)
Index	159	(4)
About the Author	163