Arms and hunger

Abstract: An authoritative text for federal government leaders by a previous chancellor of Germany and Nobel Peace Prize laureate definitively reflects on recent events and personal observations and experiences concerning how current policies in worldwide military expenditures turn resources and priorities away from international development, leading to cultural decay and world hunger. Major problems currently confronting the world are described, together with proposed solutions. Specific arguments are advanced that implicate the Western world in a failure to meet these problems. The text strives to be frankly realistic and discriminating, selectively sorting among countries that need developmental aid and their specific problems. A broad variety of topics having global impact are discussed, including: the common survival of industrialized and developing countries; 3rd World debt; diminished aid programs; and the critical need for observable improvements