Jonathan Schell Knihy

An analytical account of the nation's political life and key related events and presidential activities during the Nixon years, ascribing to them a logic, coherence, and meaning not discernable at the time

When Jonathan Schell heard all that loose talk about attainment of objectives in a limited nuclear war, it was too much for him. He did what all of us would like to do: he wrote a book. It's very pessimistic. The mere presence of all those weapons is enough to ensure that sometime, somewhere, someone is going to set one off. Schell makes sure all of us know the horrendous possibilities of a nuclear exchange and all the reasons for bringing such possibilities to a halt. Everyone agrees. The question is, how do we get these monsters under control?A republic of insects and grassThe second deathThe choiceIndex

Jugoslawien, Afghanistan, Irak: Wir sind dabei, uns an den Krieg zu gewöhnen, und ständig entstehen auf der Welt neue Konflikte, denen meist mit Gewalt entgegnet wird. Jonathan Schell, der mit dem „Schicksal der Erde“ seinerzeit ein Gründungsmanifest aller ökologischen Politik vorgelegt hat, widerspricht dieser Scheinlogik der Gewalt und zeigt, dass Freiheit und Demokratie in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten immer gewaltfrei erkämpft wurden.