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Nuclear Weapons
The River Lost. The Life and Death of the Columbia By Blaine Harden W.W. Norton and Company, 500 Fifth Ave., New York, NY, 10110, 271pp., $25.00 (USA), (hardbk), ISBN 0–393–03936–6.
Beyond the Bomb: The Extension of the Non‐proliferation Treaty and the Future of Nuclear Weapons Edited by Huub Jaspers Transnational Institute, World Information Service on Energy, and Greenpeace International, Amsterdam, 1996, 221pp., Dfl 25.00, ISBN 90–70S63–10‐X (available from WISE, PO Box 59636, 1040IC Amsterdam, The Netherlands).
Ethics
A Global Ethic: The Leadership Challenge By William Hitt Battelle Press, Columbus OH, 1996, 182pp., £17.00 + £2.50 p.&p., ISBN 1–57477–016–0 (available from Clarke Associates, 2nd floor, 2–3 Denmark Street, Bristol BS1 5DG).
Human Rights
A Glimpse of Hell: Reports on Torture World‐Wide Edited by Duncan Forrest for Amnesty International Cassell, London, 1996, x + 214 pp., £12.99 pbk., ISBN 0–304–3351S‐0.
Darling Darling Meg By Alan MacAuslan The Pentland Press, Durham, 1996, 181pp., £7.50, ISBN 1–85821–373–8.
The Red Cross
Champions of Charity: War and the Rise of the Red Cross By John F. Hutchinson Westview Press, Oxford Mid Boulder, Colorado, xxii + 448pp., $35 (hardback), ISBN 0–8133–2526–9/0–8133–3116–1 pbk.
Economics
Short Circuit: Strengthening Local Economies for Security in an Unstable World By Richard Douthwaite Green Books, Devon TQ9 6EB, in association with The Lilliput Press Ltd, Dublin 7, 1996, 386pp., £14.95, ISBN 1–870098–64–1.
Vital Signs 1996–1997: The Trends that are Shaping our Future By Lester R. Brown, Christopher Flavin and Hal Kane Earthscan for Worldwatch, London, 1996, 169pp., £12.95, ISBN 1–85383–367–3.
World Military and Social Expenditures 1996 By Ruth Leger Sivard World Priorities, Washington, 1996, 56pp., ISBNO‐918281–09–1 (Availablein UK from CAAT, 11 Goodwin St, London Nl 3HQ, £7.50).
Human Development Report 1996 Oxford University Press for the United Nations Development Programme, Oxford and New York, 230 pp., £13.99 (pbk), ISBN 0–19–511158–3.