At the Cliff's Edge - World Problems and U.S. Power (Student Edition)

"There is a great difference between the past and the present that must be emphasized: The opportunities for the world today are utterly unprecedented. Before the twentieth century, problems such as poverty, hunger, poor health, and disease were taken for granted as a normal part of life. Now they can be done away with. In the modern world, they need not and should not exist anywhere on earth." Douglas Dowd, PhD, is a professor at the University of Modena.