Human conflicts on global scale
A closer look:
Based on solid facts and analysis of specific conflicts emanated
around the world from time to time are of great importance to learn. L.B.
Dissanayake has compiled and collated facts in regard to human conflicts
and produced a book titled "An Odyssey of Human conflict".
"An Odyssey of Human Conflicts, is a wisely written book with many
examples and events that had taken place in the world history. The
author provides a much-needed strategic approach to make aware such
events for the benefit of this scholars and academics and interested
parties.
The author has also looked at human conflict on a global scale,
tracing human conflict from prehistoric times to the modern day. He has
outlined some of the major conflicts in history in order to illustrate
the fact that human conflict is as old as the human race.
However, terrorism has added another dimension to violent conflicts
since the latter part of the 20th century, destabilizing many countries
in the world.
In addition to the spread of terrorism the indiscriminate manufacture
and sale of lethal weapons, the availability of weapons of mass
destruction and the clash of cultures are seen by the author as the
threats to humanity in the modern world. He is of the view that the
United Nations Organization has to play a more proactive role in order
to minimize conflicts between nations and that this World Body has to be
empowered by the member nations to be more effective in its
negotiations. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is not being honoured
by several nations in the spirit in which it has been drawn up, in order
to limit the spread of nuclear weapons in the world. The author sees
this as a threat to world peace.
The undesirable climatic changes caused by global warming due to high
concentrations of green house gases in the atmosphere will result in
reduction in the production of food as well as the availability of clean
water in the world.
Dependency on fossil fuel has to be reduced drastically in order to
contain global warming.
The third world countries will be the worst affected due to climatic
changes. Over exploitation of natural resources and uncontrolled
population growth leading to the carrying capacity of the earth being
exceeded are seen by the author as the other factors that will
destabilize the world in the near future.
The author says that his views on human conflict, causes of conflict
and their adverse effects on life on this planet are expressed in, An
Odyssey of Human Conflict, in order to create greater awareness of the
threats to humanity in the 21st century.
The book is concise and readable with a lot of useful information
keeping the reader interested to the end. The book is available at Lake
House, Vijitha Yapa, Charles Subasinghe book shops and Barefoot.
- Walter Liyanarachchi |
