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Great Decisions 2020 Discussion Date: TUESDAY, APRIL 7
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"Should a war between India and Pakistan ever occur, as assumed here, these countries alone could suffer 50 to 125 million fatalities, a regional catastrophe," the study found. "In addition, severe short-term climate perturbations, with temperatures declining to values not seen on Earth since the middle of the last Ice Age, would be triggered by smoke from burning cities, a global disaster threatening food production worldwide and mass starvation, as well as severe disruption to natural ecosystems." Newsweek 10.3.19
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Welcome to the Great Decisions 2020 discussion at the Jacksonville Public Library! You are receiving this newsletter because you have shown an interest in the past about this discussion series or you have requested information about library programming. The program will be held on selected dates from 7 – 8:30 p.m. at the Southeast Regional Library located at 10599 Deerwood Park Ave., close to the intersection of Gate Parkway and J.Turner Butler Blvd.
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The Philippines and the U.S. - April 9 Artificial Intelligence and Data - April 16
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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi rode a wave of Hindu nationalism to a historic reelection in 2019. His first order of business was to revoke the special status granted to the Kashmir region, inflaming the rivalry between India and Pakistan. How will the Kashmir situation affect the region, both economically and politically? Foreign Policy Association
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Parvez Ahmed, Ph.D.
Born in India, Dr. Ahmed is Director of Graduate Programs and Professor of Finance at the Coggin College of Business, University of North Florida (UNF). He was the founding director at UNF's Center for Sustainable Business Practices. In 2009 he was named a U.S. Fulbright Scholar. Prior to joining UNF he taught at Penn State University in Harrisburg and University of North Carolina at Charlotte where he also served as the founding Faculty Advisor for the Student Managed Investment Fund.
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Midnight's furies: the deadly legacy of India's partition
by Nisid Hajari
Describes how a cycle of rioting and violence leading up to the partition of India and birth of Pakistan resulted in brutal and widespread ethnic cleansing on both sides of the border, creating a divide between India and Pakistan that still persists decades later.
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Midnight's descendants: a history of South Asia since partition
by John Keay
Describes the lasting repercussions the 1947 Partition of India had on Asian countries, describing how the five key nations created shared the similar experiences of undeveloped economies and fractured societies while dealing with the legacy of imperialism in the modern world.
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India, Pakistan, and the bomb [electronic resource]: debating nuclear stability in South Asia
by Sumit Ganguly
"In May 1998, India and Pakistan put to rest years of speculation about whether they possessed nuclear technology and openly tested their weapons. Some believed nuclearization would stabilize South Asia; others prophesized disaster. Authors of two of themost comprehensive books on South Asia's new nuclear era, Sumit Ganguly and S. Paul Kapur, offer competing theories on the transformation of the region and what these patterns mean for the world's next proliferators." "With these two major interpretations, Ganguly and Kapur tackle all sides of an urgent issue that has profound regional and global consequences. Sure to spark discussion and debate, India, Pakistan, and the Bomb thoroughly maps the potential impact of nuclear proliferation."--BOOK JACKET
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The storm: a novel
by Arif Anwar
Interweaves five different love stories that take place over 60 years in Bangladesh including the tales of a privileged couple who leave everything in Calcutta, a Japanese pilot and a British doctor stationed in Burma during World War II.
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