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Girolamo Carli : Motetti Del Laberinto Libro Primo a Cinque Voci: (Venice : Girolamo Scotto , 1554) (Sixteenth-Century Motet, Vol 24)

Published in Library Binding by Garland Publishing (1996)

Authors: Richard Sherr and Girolamo Carli

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diversity

This book is engaging and surprisingly readable. It shares many of the entertaining anecdotal qualities of Friedman's Lexus and Olive Tree, as Deutscher is well-traveled and has many personal observances. But it is first and foremost a usable compilation of cultural programs worldwide that work. Rather than focus on the well-known headlines-getting tragedies that erupt due to cultural differences such as the tragedies in Rwanda and Bosnia, Deutscher sheds light on policies that inhibit or put a stop to such behaviors. A must-read for public policy students, diplomats and those who are interested in peaceful solutions to cultural problems.

Environmental Security and Global Stability: Problems and Responses

Published in Hardcover by Lexington Books (2002)

Authors: Max G. Manwaring, Paul G., II Gaffney, and Irwin G. Deutscher

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May be "Ref A" for New National Security Focus

This book is very original and very helpful in exploring an area of national security conceptualization and doctrine that has been long neglected--that of the relationship between environmental security and stability, and all the bad things that happen when this is lost--ultimately causing poverty, mass migrations, disease, crime, and war.

The contributing editor, Dr. Max Manwaring (Col USA Ret) uses an interview with General Anthony Zinni, then Commander-in-Chief of the Central Command, to examine key issues such as the desperate need for inter-agency coordination and information sharing, the looming catastrophic problems with rain forests, seabed resources, and inland water scarcity, ending with the urgent need for a national security "game plan" for dealing with this non-traditional threat over time and across all nations including the 32 failed states where many of the problems will not be addressed without outside intervention.

All eight of the chapters, the last being a conclusion by the contributing editor, make provocative, documented cases for the urgency of this non-traditional threat. Throughout the book it is clear that the US Department of Defense has some extremely bright uniformed and retired (teaching) officers who are thinking great thoughts, and it is equally clear that they are not being listened to. This book is probably ten years ahead of its time, and it will be ten years before this book is read and understood by a Secretary of Defense (or ten years before someone reading the book today will be eligible for that position).

I recommend this book be read together with Andrew Price-Smith's book on "The Health of Nations" (on re-emerging infectuous diseases), Laurie Garrett's book "Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health", Marq de Villiers' book "WATER: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource", David Helvarg's "BLUE FRONTIER: Saving America's Living Seas," and Brian Czech's "Shoveling Fuel for a Runaway Train" (on errant economists and shameful spenders).