History of the Twentieth Century Vol 3: 1952-1999
Author : Martin Gilbert
Pages : 1072
ISBN : 9780773732278
Publisher : Stoddart
Place Of Publication : Toronto, Ontario
Date Published
: 1999
Condition : very good, no marks,
underlining, writings or highlighting. Minimal
wear from storage.
In 1952, the year this volume opens, the population of the world was approaching
3,000 million (three billion). In the second half of the century it had more than doubled,
to six billion, of whom 1,000 million live in China and at least 950 million in India.
Merely to maintain life at a minimum level had become a struggle for at least a quarter
of the governments of the world. The refugee population had also doubled. At the same
time, the destruction of the resources of the planet had increased. From fish in the oceans
to trees in the rain forests, the failure of human restraint had begun to lead to irreversible
changes in the ability of the planet to sustain the existing level of well-being. In many areas
of the globe, that well-being is itself minimal.
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