Review of Winning the War on Cancer
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Review of Winning the War on Cancer
[Following is a volunteer review of "Winning the War on Cancer" by Sylvie Beljanski.]
Have you ever read a book and felt like nothing you might say could do it justice?
The powerful meanings and emotions we impute to or associate with things are not as much due to their inherent nature than where they measure up or fall in the cosmic unity of all things. Likewise would this timeless work of non-fiction mean little until it is rightly returned to where it rightfully belongs: the 1955 prediction of President Eisenhower that ‘In twenty years, cancer will be defeated.’
At that time, it was said that one out of sixteen individuals was likely to fall victim to cancer. So it may well be imagined, how stupefying it was for me to find out on reading this book that, just as the predicted time was about to elapse, the most horrendous physiological battle the world has had to face ever since the Black Plague and its recurring variants vowed death on half the population of Europe and Asia, finally ended in a no-draw, unanimous win for man in December 1975.
But then, before and at the time of the win, the probability score for cancer was adjusted to one person out of ten. Strangely, however, 45 years after winning the war on cancerous cells, one out of three individuals remains projected to get one of the many, ever-varying forms of cancer in the course of their lives. What did man do with his hard-earned victory? What became of the twenty years and trillions of dollars spent on winning the vicious war?
Sadly, what President Eisenhower could not foresee was that the victory he badly wanted for the world would not be claimed on American soil, and that it would go unacknowledged. ‘Ethics and The State: The Suspension of Moral Law’ is the title of an essay on which I am about to write. Hopefully, you have some idea of what it might point to, because it is at the core of what Winning the War on Cancer: The Epic Journey Towards a Natural Cure, by Sylvie Beljanski, is about.
Man used to harm his own health directly but foolishly. In modern times, he does so indirectly, but in more systematic and destructive ways. One man Dr. Mirko Beljanski, dared stood against the misleading, but highly lucrative, methodological incoherences of the available oncologic science of his time. To punish him, his colleagues from the famous Institut Pasteur, Paris, connived to join forces with the state and bury the man and his work forever. For the man, it was an unfortunate, temporary success, but for his work, not quite.
Armed with anger, devotion, and a long-sought sense of purpose, his daughter Sylvie Beljanski, fought a bitter war, detailed with brilliance and packed with emotions in this book, and saw to it that they did not succeed. What had only been ‘France versus Beljanski’ quickly became The World versus France. One most wonderful father needed his adorable lawyer-daughter and she showed up to heed the call of duty.
Many Nobel prizes have been dished out since the passing away of this very deserving man at home in Paris on October 28, 1998. But a combination of political mob-power and greed prevented a nomination for the prize which, by itself, would have been greatly insufficient to thank this genius for his benevolent gift of service to mankind.
Professionally-edited, moving and troubling, yet full of hope and direction, this book boasts of an argumentative arsenal complete with data, images, and very convincing statistics. With humour and tact used to perfection, it effortlessly showed me why it was worthy of the many honours and praises already bestowed on it. It is a semi-memoir that depicted epic, generational efforts to add more layers of depth to the catchphrase ‘going green.’
A serious presentation of the background story to the discovery of the ‘meta-science’ of cancer development, this book lends factual weight to the fact that what existing knowledge cannot solve, integrative philosophy skillfully transcends. And I loved the philosophy as much as I loved the science.
I rate Winning the War on Cancer: The Epic Journey Towards a Natural Cure, by Sylvie Beljanski, five out of five stars. Indeed, I have nothing against or dislike anything in this book. It did more for me than I may ever get to thank Ms. Sylvie for.
I am not the kind to recommend a book to everyone. But I shall contrive to say that, if you are among those most willing and ready to take charge of their lives, make safe the future of their children and their children’s children, be the responsible humans our Earth has lost patience in waiting for, this book is definitely for you.
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Winning the War on Cancer
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
Have you ever read a book and felt like nothing you might say could do it justice?
The powerful meanings and emotions we impute to or associate with things are not as much due to their inherent nature than where they measure up or fall in the cosmic unity of all things. Likewise would this timeless work of non-fiction mean little until it is rightly returned to where it rightfully belongs: the 1955 prediction of President Eisenhower that ‘In twenty years, cancer will be defeated.’
At that time, it was said that one out of sixteen individuals was likely to fall victim to cancer. So it may well be imagined, how stupefying it was for me to find out on reading this book that, just as the predicted time was about to elapse, the most horrendous physiological battle the world has had to face ever since the Black Plague and its recurring variants vowed death on half the population of Europe and Asia, finally ended in a no-draw, unanimous win for man in December 1975.
But then, before and at the time of the win, the probability score for cancer was adjusted to one person out of ten. Strangely, however, 45 years after winning the war on cancerous cells, one out of three individuals remains projected to get one of the many, ever-varying forms of cancer in the course of their lives. What did man do with his hard-earned victory? What became of the twenty years and trillions of dollars spent on winning the vicious war?
Sadly, what President Eisenhower could not foresee was that the victory he badly wanted for the world would not be claimed on American soil, and that it would go unacknowledged. ‘Ethics and The State: The Suspension of Moral Law’ is the title of an essay on which I am about to write. Hopefully, you have some idea of what it might point to, because it is at the core of what Winning the War on Cancer: The Epic Journey Towards a Natural Cure, by Sylvie Beljanski, is about.
Man used to harm his own health directly but foolishly. In modern times, he does so indirectly, but in more systematic and destructive ways. One man Dr. Mirko Beljanski, dared stood against the misleading, but highly lucrative, methodological incoherences of the available oncologic science of his time. To punish him, his colleagues from the famous Institut Pasteur, Paris, connived to join forces with the state and bury the man and his work forever. For the man, it was an unfortunate, temporary success, but for his work, not quite.
Armed with anger, devotion, and a long-sought sense of purpose, his daughter Sylvie Beljanski, fought a bitter war, detailed with brilliance and packed with emotions in this book, and saw to it that they did not succeed. What had only been ‘France versus Beljanski’ quickly became The World versus France. One most wonderful father needed his adorable lawyer-daughter and she showed up to heed the call of duty.
Many Nobel prizes have been dished out since the passing away of this very deserving man at home in Paris on October 28, 1998. But a combination of political mob-power and greed prevented a nomination for the prize which, by itself, would have been greatly insufficient to thank this genius for his benevolent gift of service to mankind.
Professionally-edited, moving and troubling, yet full of hope and direction, this book boasts of an argumentative arsenal complete with data, images, and very convincing statistics. With humour and tact used to perfection, it effortlessly showed me why it was worthy of the many honours and praises already bestowed on it. It is a semi-memoir that depicted epic, generational efforts to add more layers of depth to the catchphrase ‘going green.’
A serious presentation of the background story to the discovery of the ‘meta-science’ of cancer development, this book lends factual weight to the fact that what existing knowledge cannot solve, integrative philosophy skillfully transcends. And I loved the philosophy as much as I loved the science.
I rate Winning the War on Cancer: The Epic Journey Towards a Natural Cure, by Sylvie Beljanski, five out of five stars. Indeed, I have nothing against or dislike anything in this book. It did more for me than I may ever get to thank Ms. Sylvie for.
I am not the kind to recommend a book to everyone. But I shall contrive to say that, if you are among those most willing and ready to take charge of their lives, make safe the future of their children and their children’s children, be the responsible humans our Earth has lost patience in waiting for, this book is definitely for you.
******
Winning the War on Cancer
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
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