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Author |
: Keith Pomakoy |
Publisher |
: Lexington Books |
Total Pages |
: 246 |
Release |
: 2011-03-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780739169056 |
ISBN-13 |
: 073916905X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Synopsis Helping Humanity by : Keith Pomakoy
Helping Humanity: American Policy and Genocide Rescue explores American foreign policy reactions to genocide and state caused humanitarian crises. This book provides an examination of the nature of genocide and America's 19th century philanthropic efforts; it then offers case studies focused on the Cuban Insurrection, the Armenian Genocide, the Terror-Famine, World War II, and the Cambodian Genocide. It also includes a discussion of the difficulties encountered by would-be rescuers in the post-Cold War era. Pomakoy shows that the policies pursued by various presidents reflected a balance of policy considerations. Rarely did imperial or isolationist ambitions dominate American policy completely. Humanitarian concerns played an important, if rarely appreciated, role in foreign policy formulation, and represent a neglected dynamic in American history. Numerous rescue efforts developed as ordinary Americans joined with missionaries and diplomats to raise and distribute humanitarian aid. This peculiar blending of private and public resources grew apace with American wealth and power in the 19th and 20th centuries, and provided succor to those who could be reached. In Armenia this aid saved hundreds of thousands of lives. During World War II a similar campaign saved some of Hitler's victims from death. Sometimes American rescue efforts succeeded only because the use of force removed the underlying causes of the humanitarian crisis, as in Cuba in 1898, where an aid campaign did not succeed until America's military might ended the fighting on the island. Other American presidents ignored, or downplayed, humanitarian crises, especially when the realities of geography and power politics prevented effective rescue. America has been roundly criticized for the absence of a genocide rescue policy. Helping Humanity revisits this discussion, arguing that American foreign policy reactions to genocide encompassed more activity than is usually recognized. Philanthropy, diplomatic pressure, war, and soft diploma
Author |
: Keith Pomakoy |
Publisher |
: Lexington Books |
Total Pages |
: 245 |
Release |
: 2011 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780739139189 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0739139185 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Synopsis Helping Humanity by : Keith Pomakoy
Helping Humanity: American Policy and Genocide Rescue offers a scholarly examination of America's complicated reactions to genocide and genocide rescue. It provides a synthesis of humanitarian concerns within the broader narrative of American foreign policy that gives an underappreciated policy consideration the attention it is due. This book will serve as an approachable work both for those interested in genocide and specialists in foreign policy.
Author |
: John Gurche |
Publisher |
: Yale University Press |
Total Pages |
: 364 |
Release |
: 2013-11-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780300182026 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0300182023 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis Shaping Humanity by : John Gurche
Describes the process by which the author uses knowledge of fossil discoveries and comparative ape and human anatomy to create forensically accurate representations of human beings' ancient ancestors.
Author |
: Sarah Dawn Petrin |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 282 |
Release |
: 2021-03-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 194903349X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781949033496 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (9X Downloads) |
Synopsis Bring Rain by : Sarah Dawn Petrin
In times of crisis, the world seems fragile and out of control.How do we keep it all together? Turns out you don't need to be a saint or a superhero to help yourfellow humans. You can be your ordinary self and still do extraordinary things. The simple actionsyou take today can mend and heal a broken world. And right along with it, maybe even your owndisillusioned heart.
Author |
: Jonathan Reckford |
Publisher |
: St. Martin's Essentials |
Total Pages |
: 256 |
Release |
: 2019-10-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781250239259 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1250239257 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Synopsis Our Better Angels by : Jonathan Reckford
Inspiring and insightful, Our Better Angels: Seven Simple Virtues That Will Change Your Life and the World celebrates the shared principles that unite and enable us to overcome life’s challenges together. “When the waters rise, so do our better angels.”—President Jimmy Carter Jonathan Reckford, the CEO of Habitat for Humanity, has seen time and again the powerful benefits that arise when people from all walks of life work together to help one another. In this uplifting book, he shares true stories of people involved with Habitat as volunteers and future homeowners who embody seven timeless virtues—kindness, community, empowerment, joy, respect, generosity, and service—and shows how we can all practice these to improve the quality of our own lives as well as those around us. A Vietnam veteran finds peace where he was once engaged in war. An impoverished single mother offers her family’s time and energy to enrich their neighbors’ lives. A Zambian family of nine living in a makeshift tent makes room to shelter even more. A teenager grieving for his mother honors her love and memory by ensuring other people have a place to call home. A former president of the United States leads by example with a determined work ethic that motivates everyone around him to be the best version of themselves. These stories, and many others, illustrate how virtues become values, how cooperation becomes connection, and how even the smallest act of compassion can encourage actions that transform the world around us. Here are tales that will make readers laugh and cry and embrace with passion the calling of our better angels to change the way we take care of ourselves, our families, our communities, and the world.
Author |
: William MacAskill |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 288 |
Release |
: 2015-07-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780698191105 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0698191102 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis Doing Good Better by : William MacAskill
Most of us want to make a difference. We donate our time and money to charities and causes we deem worthy, choose careers we consider meaningful, and patronize businesses and buy products we believe make the world a better place. Unfortunately, we often base these decisions on assumptions and emotions rather than facts. As a result, even our best intentions often lead to ineffective—and sometimes downright harmful—outcomes. How can we do better? While a researcher at Oxford, trying to figure out which career would allow him to have the greatest impact, William MacAskill confronted this problem head on. He discovered that much of the potential for change was being squandered by lack of information, bad data, and our own prejudice. As an antidote, he and his colleagues developed effective altruism, a practical, data-driven approach that allows each of us to make a tremendous difference regardless of our resources. Effective altruists believe that it’s not enough to simply do good; we must do good better. At the core of this philosophy are five key questions that help guide our altruistic decisions: How many people benefit, and by how much? Is this the most effective thing I can do? Is this area neglected? What would have happened otherwise? What are the chances of success, and how good would success be? By applying these questions to real-life scenarios, MacAskill shows how many of our assumptions about doing good are misguided. For instance, he argues one can potentially save more lives by becoming a plastic surgeon rather than a heart surgeon; measuring overhead costs is an inaccurate gauge of a charity’s effectiveness; and, it generally doesn’t make sense for individuals to donate to disaster relief. MacAskill urges us to think differently, set aside biases, and use evidence and careful reasoning rather than act on impulse. When we do this—when we apply the head and the heart to each of our altruistic endeavors—we find that each of us has the power to do an astonishing amount of good.
Author |
: Roy Porter |
Publisher |
: W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages |
: 874 |
Release |
: 1999-10-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780393242447 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0393242447 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity (The Norton History of Science) by : Roy Porter
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize "A panoramic and perfectly magnificent intellectual history of medicine…This is the book that delivers it all." —Sherwin Nuland, author of How We Die Hailed as "a remarkable achievement" (Boston Globe) and as "a triumph: simultaneously entertaining and instructive, witty and thought-provoking…a splendid and thoroughly engrossing book" (Los Angeles Times), Roy Porter's charting of the history of medicine affords us an opportunity as never before to assess its culture and science and its costs and benefits to mankind. Porter explores medicine's evolution against the backdrop of the wider religious, scientific, philosophical, and political beliefs of the culture in which it develops, covering ground from the diseases of the hunter-gatherers to the more recent threats of AIDS and Ebola, from the clearly defined conviction of the Hippocratic oath to the muddy ethical dilemmas of modern-day medicine. Offering up a treasure trove of historical surprises along the way, this book "has instantly become the standard single-volume work in its field" (The Lancet).
Author |
: Coleman Weeks |
Publisher |
: Booktango |
Total Pages |
: 463 |
Release |
: 2012-10-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781468912456 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1468912453 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Synopsis The End of Humanity by : Coleman Weeks
An unique look at the mystery of life and spirit. A view of what might be.
Author |
: BK Maureen Kris |
Publisher |
: Xlibris Corporation |
Total Pages |
: 219 |
Release |
: 2010-02-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9798369400043 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Synopsis Our True Humanity by : BK Maureen Kris
The study of religion is not only a challenge but a great responsibility. At the same time, it is important to always remember that we are also children of the heart and of light so there is love and room to learn and grow together. Maybe this book shares a view of it all and opens doors for more understanding and discussion of our future together... In peace
Author |
: KAUSHIK MUKHERJEE |
Publisher |
: PEN BREW PUBLISHER |
Total Pages |
: 83 |
Release |
: 2020-05-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9788194492047 |
ISBN-13 |
: 8194492041 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Synopsis HUMANITY by : KAUSHIK MUKHERJEE
This book comprises of thoughts focusing towards helping others, act of humanity/kindness. This book was made with a believe to help the government in the lieu of COVID-19 pandemic in upscaling donations.