Nature Pleads Not Guilty

Drought and Man: The 1972 Case History, Volume 1: Nature Pleads Not Guilty is a two-part volume that mainly focuses on the social and climatic dimensions of drought. The first part of this book presents facts that are accurate and fake, as well as misleading casual links, about the 1972 Soviet case history. This part also discusses social crises such as malnutrition, famines, and drought, including responses to these problems. The second part considers climate and climatic variability, including some thoughts on these topics. This book will be invaluable to historians, sociologists, and academicians interested in studying the social and climatic dimensions of drought.

Genera IntroductionPart One. The Social Dimensions of Drought Introduction Chapter 1 Facts, Pseudo-facts and Misleading Causal Links in the 1972 Case History Annex I1 1972-3 Soviet Grain Imports and the Weather Chapter 2 An Alternative View on the 1972 "Food Crisis" Annex 2: An Integrated Approach towards World Recession and Inflation in the Present Decade. Translated from Spanish Chapter 3 Malnutrition, Famines and the Drought Chapter 4 The Population-Resources Balance Chapter 5 Responses to Drought-induced National Disasters Annex 3: International and Multilateral Food Aid: A Critical Appraisal Chapter 6 A Structural Approach for Diagnosing the Impact of Climatic Anomalies Chapter 7 The Roots of Catastrophe (Regional and National Case Studies) Chapter 8 Conclusions and RecommendationsPart Two. The Climatic Dimension of Drought Introductory Remarks Chapter 9 Climate, Climatic Variability, and 1972 Chapter 10 Some Thoughts on Contemporary Global Climatic VariabilityIndex