The Survival Hot List: Conquering the Seven Deadly Trends

by Bagnall, Joseph A.

• ISBN13: 9780595379583
• ISBN10: 0595379583
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-12
• Publisher: Author Solutions

Summary

Joseph A. Bagnall has served as an administrator and educator, teaching United States History and Political Science at the college level for many years. His past publications include:Depression Dialogue: An Anthology of Representative Political Dialogue of the Depression Decade(Ed.), 1965.President John F. Kennedy, A Grand and Global Alliance: The Summons to World Peace through World Law(Ed.), 1968.United States History: The Relevant Issues(Co-author), 1973.President John Fitzgerald Kennedy?s Grand and Global Alliance: World Order for the New Century.Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1992.The Kennedy Option: Pursuit of World Law.Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2002.In 1985 he wrote and produced a television documentary titled, ?John F. Kennedy?s Lost Pathway to Peace?, which aired on KCET, Los Angeles and a number of PBS affiliates. It also aired on TBS on the 69th and 70th anniversaries of JFK?s birth. On the 75th anniversary of JFK?s birth, Dr. Bagnall was interviewed by Charles Osgood on the CBS Radio Network. For more information visit www.jabagnall.net

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Prologue	xi
Introduction	xiii
Identifying Survival Issues	1	(12)
What Are the Specific Survival Issues of our Time?	1	(6)
What are We Focusing on Today?	7	(3)
Is Survival Possible?	10	(3)
Applying the System	13	(14)
What is the Basic American System?	13	(1)
Could the American Federal Union Serve as a Model for World Governance?	14	(1)
What are Some of the Conceivable Advantages of a World Federal System?	15	(2)
Is There a Theoretical Basis for Promotion of the American System to the World Level?	17	(1)
Who are Some of the Advocates of a World Security System?	18	(4)
Which American Leader Gave the Most Support to the Development of a World Security System?	22	(3)
Who are Some Other American Leaders Who have Led in the Promotion of Peace and the Preservation of Our Environment?	25	(2)
Overcoming the Obstacles	27	(14)
Will American Media Discourage the Development of Programs of Collective Security?	27	(1)
Aren't Radio and Television Stations Required to Air Various Points of View?	27	(2)
Why is the American Federal Union a Model for World Governance?	29	(1)
What Steps Can be Taken to Create a Safe American World?	29	(10)
The Resolution of Interdependence	34	(5)
What Could be Called the Ultimate American Triumph?	39	(2)
Documentation---End Notes	41	(2)
Bibliography	43	(8)
Appendices	51	(1)
Section One: The Freedom Documents	51	(13)
The American Bill Of Rights	51	(2)
The American Declaration of Independence	53	(4)
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights	57	(7)
Section Two: Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the International Court of Justice	64	(53)
About the Author	117