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Below and on the second page are three illustrations of how we are all going to save Humanity and Earth together.
In 2008 EIN will publish three books, each edited, and my own:
COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE: Creating a Prosperous World at PeacePEACE INTELLIGENCE: Assuring a Good Life for All
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE: From Moral Green to Golden PeaceWAR & PEACE: The Seventh Generation
Below are our strategic model for using public intelligence in the public interest, and our operational model for doing what we plan to do for the good of all.
The 24 Co-Founders of the Earth Intelligence Network (EIN) have embraced Buckminster Fuller’s vision and will strive to bring all humans into harmony with all information in all languages all the time. This includes a special respect for diversity and all indigenous peoples and their cultures, as well as “open books” in all governments, corporations, and organizations, something that will help wipe out both white collar corruption and transnational crime. Our three specific goals, all original to Buckminster Fuller, are:
- To change the global educations system so that all humans learn all they can in the most continuous manner, without losing innate creativity or time.
- To achieve true democracy, first in America, then around the world, by making possible informed deliberative democracy at all levels of self-governance.
- To enrich the five billion poor, first those in America, then around the world, first with connectivity and then with education “one cell call at a time.”
A Strategic Overview / 2003-08-29 / Rischard, Jean-Francois / High Noon 20 Global Problems, 20 Years to Solve Them / Straight-Forward, Understandable, URGENT, "Strong Buy"
A Strategy / 2004-04-29 / Brzezinski, Zbigniew / The Choice: Global Domination or Global Leadership / End of An Era--And About Time....
A Strategy / 2007-06-30 / De Wit, Bob / Strategy: Process, Content, Context--An International Perspective / Lacking Costs & Decision-Support, Brilliant in All Other Respects
A Strategy / 2007-01-23 / Kegley, Charles / After Iraq: The Imperiled American Imperium / Ethical Sanity, Sensible Guidelines
A Strategy / 2006-11-16 / Lind, Michael / The American Way of Strategy: U.S. Foreign Policy and the American Way of Life / Primer on Liberal Internationalism, Nothing More
A Strategy / 2003-11-14 / Luttwak, Edward / Strategy: The Logic of War and Peace, Revised and Enlarged Edition / Ignore the Detractors, This Book is Brilliant
A Strategy / 2006-07-08 / Marshall, Will / With All Our Might: A Progressive Strategy for Defeating Jihadism and Defending Liberty / First Class Effort, Missing Some Big Pieces
A Strategy / 2007-08-01 / Narizny, Kevin / The Political Economy of Grand Strategy / Excellent Contribution
A Strategy / 2006-07-12 / Peters, Ralph / Never Quit the Fight / THE best combination of strategy, psychology, & intelligence about REALITY
A Strategy / 2007-08-09 / Rosencrance, Richard / The Domestic Bases of Grand Strategy / Semiinal Work from Early 1990's Badly in Need of Update and Expansion
A Strategy / 2007-08-09 / Tainter, Joseph / The Collapse of Complex Societies / Utterly brilliant work of genius, joins Allott's Health of Nations
A Strategy / 2006-04-14 / Zinni, Tony / The Battle for Peace: A Frontline Vision of America's Power and Purpose / THE Common Sense "Primer" for Everyone Including Bozo
Challenger #02: China / 2005-12-18 / Shenkar, Oded / The Chinese Century: The Rising Chinese Economy and Its Impact on the Global Economy, the Balance of Power, and Your Job / Balanced, Helpful, Historical, Covers Values, Piracy, & Commoditization
Challenger #03: India, Knowledge Economy / 2005-11-24 / Dahlman, Carl / India and the Knowledge Economy: Leveraging Strengths and Opportunities / These guys are creative and business geniuses
Policy #01: Agriculture / 2007-08-23 / Holmgren, David / Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability / Vital Contribution, see also Priority One, Other Books Below
Policy #01: Agriculture / 2007-02-04 / Pollan, Michael / The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals / Shocking: Iowa an Agricultural Desert, Cannot Eat Its Own Corn!
Policy #02, Diplomacy, Public / 2005-10-25 / Sterns, Peter / Global Outrage: The Impact of World Opinion on Contemporary History
Policy #02: Diplomacy / 2007-04-01 / Brzezinski, Zbigniew / Second Chance: Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpower / Erudite, State-Centric, Useful Observations in Isolation
Policy #02: Diplomacy / 2007-09-24 / Fromkin, David / A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East / Supporting Links and Passing Praise
Policy #02: Diplomacy / 2006-04-30 / Jervis, Robert / American Foreign Policy in a New Era / Narrowly Focused on Critique of Bush and Iraq
Policy #02: Diplomacy / 2006-06-20 / Johnson, Loch / Seven Sins of American Foreign Policy / nstant Classic, for Students and Experts Alike
Policy #02: Diplomacy / 2007-06-18 / Lando, Barry / Web of Deceit: The History of Western Complicity in Iraq, from Churchill to Kennedy to George W. Bush / The One Book No US Politician Will Read, That You SHOULD Read
Policy #02: Diplomacy / 2007-06-10 / Nye, Joseph / Understanding International Conflicts (6th Edition) / First Rate, Post 9-11 Update, One of Two Core Works
Policy #02: Diplomacy / 2007-06-30 / Russett, Bruce / World Politics: The Menu for Choice / A Top Book, One of Three in English
Policy #02: Diplomacy / 2007-07-31 / Schmidt, Donald / The Folly of War - American Foreign Policy, 1898-2005 / Truly Brilliant, Reflects a Sea Change in Scholarship
Policy #02: Diplomacy / 2007-09-03 / Scott, Peter Dale / The Road to 9/11: Wealth, Empire, and the Future of America / Stunning Work of Immense Value to Every American
Policy #02: Diplomacy as Primary Client / 2006-04-06 / Kent, Sherman / Strategic intelligence for American world policy / Seminal Work for the Middle Period of Intelligence
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Peace Intelligence / 2007-11-22 / Fisher, Roger
Kopelman, Elizabeth
Kupfor, Andrea / Beyond Machiavelli : Tools for Coping With Conflict / Focusing on Conflict Resolution as a Process
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Cross-Cultural (DVD) / 2005-07-19 / Andrews, Na / Bride and Prejudice / Brilliantly Clever at All Levels--Remakes US View of India
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Ethics / 2003-07-12 / Halperin, Morton / Bureaucratic Politics and Foreign Policy / Essential Reference for Understanding Bad as Well as Unethical Decisions
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Failure / 2007-08-11 / Bandow, Doug / Foreign Follies: America's New Global Empire / Definitive Statement on How Real Conservatives Despise Bush Lies and Cheney High Crime
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Failure / 2007-04-10 / Boyer, Paul / Promises To Keep: The United States Since World War II / Over-Priced, Publisher Needs Spanking
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Failure / 2007-11-19 / Chomsky, Noam / What We Say Goes: Conversations on U.S. Power in a Changing World / Dick Cheney Pulls Noam Chomsky to the Center (Relatively Speaking)
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Failure / 2007-06-21 / Freyfuss, Robert / Devil's Game: How the United States Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam / Complements Web of Deceit
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Failure / 2006-04-09 / Kinzer, Stephen / Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq / Timely, read with Zinni, Leebaert, Butler, and Johnson
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Failure / 2006-10-05 / Walt, Stephen / Taming American Power: The Global Response to U.S. Primacy / Learned, Low-Key, Somewhat Disappointing
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Faith / 2006-08-08 / Harris, Sam / The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason / Very Important, Objective, Valuable, Relevant to Peace
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Faith / 2007-08-04 / Johnston, Douglas / Religion, The Missing Dimension of Statecraft / Need Undersecretary of State for Culture & Religious Dialog
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Faith-Based / 2004-04-29 / Johnson-Douglas / Faith-Based Diplomacy: Trumping Realpolitik / Award-Winner, Mind-Altering Information, Useful, Scholarly
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Future / 2007-12-08 / Boren, David
Perkins, Edward / Democracy, Morality, and the Search for Peace in America's Foreign Policy / Seminal Work A Decade Ahead of Its Time
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Future / 2007-01-13 / Carter, Jimmy / Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid / 0743285026
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Future / 2007-04-07 / Quiggin, Thomas / Seeing the Invisible: National Security Intelligence in an Uncertain Age / First Rate Primer for New World of Open Policy-Intel Deliberations
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Geospatial Information / 2003-09-24 / Lee, Kent / Terrain Analysis of Afghanistan / The Bible for Reconstruction & Military Operations
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Humanization of War (DVD) / 2007-09-17 / Belvaux, Lucas
Flon, Suzanne / Joyeux Noel / Conclusively shows we can stop war
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Influence / 2005-10-20 / Cialdini, Robert / Influence: Science and Practice / US-Oriented, Excellent Starting Point, Six Key Methods
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Intelligence / 2006-03-31 / Schultz, George / Turmoil and Triumph My Years As Secretary of State / His views on intelligence (secret bad, open good)--Of Lasting Value
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Leadership Views / 2003-10-10 / Albright, Madeleine / Madam Secretary: A Memoir / Good, Not Great, Travelogue, not Strategic Dialog
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Media / 2007-11-30 / Baker, James / The Politics of Diplomacy / Value of Media over Spies for Diplomats
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Peace (DVD) / Lama, Dalai / Peace One Day / Idealistic, Successful, Serious
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Peace (DVD) / 2007-05-26 / Lennon, John / The U.S. vs. John Lennon / Give Peace a Chance
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Peace (DVD) / 2007-07-28 / Mechlowicz, Scott
Smart, Amy / Peaceful Warrior / Karate Kid on Steroids for Adults with a Brain
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Peace (DVD) / 2006-08-24 / Zampanini, Gabriela / The Peace! / Extraordinary, Serious, Worth Every Penny and Every Minute
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Peace Intelligence / Lindley, Dan / Promoting Peace with Information: Transparency as a Tool of Security Regimes / Valid Conclusions, Original, Missed Important Other Works
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Peace Intelligence / 2007-11-07 / Paul, Ron / A Foreign Policy of Freedom: Peace, Commerce, and Honest Friendship / 30 years of speeches, straight common sense
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Peace Intelligence / 2007-09-03 / Turchin, Peter / War and Peace and War: The Rise and Fall of Empires / Compellingly Clear Foundation for Avoiding Global Collapse
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Peace, Information / 2004-12-12 / Lehman, Ingrid / Peacekeeping and Public Information: Caught in the Crossfire / Seminal work, focused on message out, not information in
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Peace, Information / 2004-12-12 / Lehman, Ingrid / Public Information Campaigns in Peacekeeping : The UN Experience in Haiti / Best available overview, narrow focus
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Public / 2005-12-31 / Hasling, John / The Audience, The Message, The Speaker with Public Speaking PowerWeb / World Class Reference for Modern Information Operations (IO),
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Public (DVD) / 2005-06-01 / Kader, Samir / Control Room / Al Jazeera 5, CENTCOM 1, Western Journalists 0
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Soft Power / 2006-04-09 / Lennon, Alexander / The Battle for Hearts and Minds: Using Soft Power to Undermine Terrorist Networks / Several excellent contributions, fails to connect to open source intelligence
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Soft Power / 2004-04-29 / Nye, Joseph / Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics / Dumbed Down, Inexplicit, Good for the General Reader
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Strategic Context / 2003-10-29 / Allott, Philip / The Health of Nations: Society and Law beyond the State / One of a Handful of Revolutionary Books
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Strategic Context / 2003-11-14 / Chomsky, Noam / Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance / Apex of Moral Critical Thinking
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Strategic Context / Durant, Will
Durant, Ariel / The Lessons of History / A once-in-a-lifetime foundation reading, get it used
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Strategic Context / 2003-08-31 / Everitt, Anthony / Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician / Fine Book, Not a Substitute for Broader Reading
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Strategic Context / 2003-09-13 / Hertsgaard, Mark / The Eagle's Shadow: Why America Fascinates And Infuriates The World / Of 1000+ Books on National Security, This Is 1 of Top 10
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Strategic Context / 2003-11-30 / Palmer, Mark / Breaking the Real Axis of Evil: How to Oust the World's Last Dictators by 2025 / Single Most Important Work of the Century for American Moral Diplomacy
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Strategic Context / 2003-09-13 / Schell, Jonathan / The Unconquerable World: Power, Nonviolence, and the Will of the People / Restores Faith, Non-Violent Restoration of People Power
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Strategic Context (DVD) / 2005-01-16 / Knight, Shirley / Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion / Liberation through Knowledge: Absorbing
Policy #02: Diplomacy, UN / 2006-11-29 / Traub, James / The Best Intentions: Kofi Annan and the UN in the Era of American World Power / Timely, Relevant, Useful, Incomplete, Well-Presented, Lacking Notes & Larger Context
Policy #02: Diplomacy, Understanding / 2005-10-26 / Pearce, Maec / Why the Rest Hates the West: Understanding the Roots of Global Rage / Sane, Calm, Reasoned, Useful
Policy #02: Diplomacy, War Crimes / 2006-11-28 / Hitchens, Christopher / The Trial of Henry Kissinger / Beginnng of US Truth and Reconciliation with Rest of World
Policy #03, Economy, Green / 2007-07-11 / Brown. G. Z. / Sun, Wind & Light: Architectural Design Strategies, 2nd Edition / Integrated Review of Two Top Books That Mesh Well
Policy #03, Economy, Non-Profit / 2007-10-21 / Titel, Martin / "Thank You for Submitting Your Proposal": A Foundation Director Reveals What Happens Next / Offered at Bioneers 2007, One of Three Top Books
Policy #03: Diplomacy, Strategic Context / 2005-01-27 / Babbin, Jed / Inside the Asylum: Why the UN and Old Europe are Worse Than You Think / Sensible Insights Against the United Nations
Policy #03: Diplomacy, Strategic Context / 2005-01-22 / Wheatley, Margaret / Leadership and the New Science: Discovering Order in a Chaotic World Revised / "Tipping Point" Book Vital to Government, Not Just Business
Policy #03: Economics, Strategic Context / 2005-04-11 / Friedman, Thomas / The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century / Massive Op-Ed, Some Food for Thought, Not a Full Meal
Policy #03: Economy / 2007-12-18 / Covel, Michael / The Complete TurtleTrader: The Legend, the Lessons, the Results / Was Going to Ignore, Then Could Not Put It Down
Policy #03: Economy / 2006-10-09 / Finkbeiner, Ann / The Jasons: The Secret History of Science's Postwar Elite / Good effort, interesting, but must less substance than expected
Policy #03: Economy / 2006-06-27 / Freidan, Jeffrey / Global Capitalism: Its Fall and Rise in the Twentieth Century / Bottom Line: Unfettered Capitalism is Destructive, Need Government
Policy #03: Economy / 2007-01-27 / Goldman, Ron / Innovation Happens Elsewhere: Open Source as Business Strategy / Guide to the Value Created by Free/Open Source Software
Policy #03: Economy / 2007-05-21 / Rosenzweig, Phil / The Halo Effect: ... and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers / Business Emperor is Naked, As Are the Courtiers
Policy #03: Economy / 2006-04-30 / Sperling, Gene / The Pro-Growth Progressive: An Economic Strategy for Shared Prosperity / Ignores Health, No Budget--Reflections Not Solutions,
Policy #03: Economy / 2007-01-17 / Sunstein, Cass / Infotopia: How Many Minds Produce Knowledge / Complements Wikinomics, Solid but Incomplete
Policy #03: Economy / 2007-01-17 / Tapscott, Don / Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything / olid FOUR, Some Preening, Double-Spaced Overview
Policy #03: Economy / 2006-04-30 / Uchitelle, Louis / The Disposable American: Layoffs and Their Consequences / Imperfect but Riveting and Essential,
Policy #03: Economy / 2006-12-19 / Venkatesh, Sudhir Alladi / Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor / Superb, Of Lasting Value, Next Edition Should Include Some Appendices
Policy #03: Economy / 2007-03-02 / Vise, David / The Google Story: Inside the Hottest Business, Media, and Technology Success of Our Time / Useful Insights, Not the Whole Story
Policy #03: Economy need sound policy in the other 11 areas / 2005-10-24 / Kuntsler, James / The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century / Fuel Drop + Climate Change + Disease + Water Drop = Great Depression.
Policy #03: Economy, Non-Profit / 2007-10-21 / Mitchell, Joni / 8 Steps To A Grant Winning Proposal / Useful as a Supplement to Two Other Books
Policy #03: Economy, Banking / 2007-09-21 / Greenspan, Alan / The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World / Evidence on Why Central Banks Need to Go Or Be Publicly Owned
Policy #03: Economy, Commercial Intelligence / 2007-12-01 / Morgan, Garther / Images of Organization / Single Best MPA Book
Policy #03: Economy, Corporate Personality (DVD) / 2006-05-02 / Anderson, Ray / The Corporation / Superb Easy to Understand Itemization of the Fraud Inherent in Any Corporation
Policy #03: Economy, Electronic Vulnerability / 2004-07-28 / FX / Stealing the Network: How to Own a Continent / A Real Hoot, Way Better than Spy Stories--Be Afraid
Policy #03: Economy, Energy / 2007-02-18 / Clark, William / Petrodollar Warfare: Oil, Iraq And The Future Of The Dollar / A summative work, focus on fall of dollar versus rise of euro
Policy #03: Economy, Ethics / 2003-09-13 / Greider, William / The Soul of Capitalism: Opening Paths to a Moral Economy / Parts the Seas, Restores Hope & Morality to the American Way
Policy #03: Economy, Ethics / 2003-08-16 / Tiger, Lionel / The Manufacture of Evil: Ethics, Evolution and the Industrial System / Helps Understand the Lack of Ethics Behind Blackout
Policy #03: Economy, Ethics, Immoral Capitalism / 2005-02-27 / Perkins, John / Confessions of an Economic Hit Man / Immoral Capitalism Is Costing Us the Republic....
Policy #03: Economy, Failure / 2007-11-27 / Blank, Paul MD / How Everyday Products Make People Sick: Toxins at Home and in the Workplace / Important Part of Emerging Literature on "True Cost"
Policy #03: Economy, Failure / 2006-11-16 / Dobbs, Lou / War on the Middle Class: How the Government, Big Business, and Special Interest Groups Are Waging War on the American Dream and How to Fight Back / Single Best Handbook for We the People Seeking to Take Back the Power
Policy #03: Economy, Failure / 2006-12-18 / Flynn, Ted / Hope for the Wicked / Essential Foundation for Understanding Worst Case View
Policy #03: Economy, Failure / 2006-08-02 / Frank, Thomas / One Market Under God: Extreme Capitalism, Market Populism, and the End of Economic Democracy / Solid thoughtful, nails our national policy failures in a big way