The Survival Hot List: Conquering the Seven Deadly Trends [Paperback]

Joseph Bagnall (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 5, 2006

Civilization will not survive if we ignore The Survival Hot List and fail to conquer The Seven Deadly Trends in timely fashion.

The Survival Hot List is formatted in a Socratic framework, teaching through exposure to fifteen vital questions that proceed through three brief chapters. The author’s answers to these questions derive from the thought of scientists, historians, and statesmen who have advocated world law.

The appendices provide the reader with a rare opportunity to study The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, The Charter of the United Nations, and The Statute of the International Court of Justice.

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About the Author

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

Product Details

• Paperback: 132 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. (January 5, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595379583
• ISBN-13: 978-0595379583
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,550,874 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must-Read!, March 17, 2006

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This review is from: The Survival Hot List: Conquering the Seven Deadly Trends (Paperback)

Dr. Bagnall's approach to global affairs is refreshing, rejecting narrow-minded "crisis to crisis improvisation," and focusing instead on seven long-term "deadly trends," which must be resolved in order to ensure human survival. Bagnall identifies these seven deadly trends as 1) the thermonuclear threat to all life on earth, 2) destruction of rain forests, 3) global warming, 4) ozone depletion, 5) acid rain, 6) population explosion, and 7) all forms of military aggression.

Bagnall's scope is ambitious, but his book effectively and authoritatively illustrates how the pursuit of world law through a strengthened United Nations is in fact a comprehensive and viable solution to the problems posed by the seven deadly trends.

Borrowing from the words of statesmen, scientists, and historians who have advocated world law, Bagnall's book is compelling, well-written, and important. It is a must-read for anyone concerned about the survival of life on the planet.