Preventing War and Promoting Peace
Preventing War and Promoting Peace
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Preventing War and Promoting Peace: A Guide for Health Professionals is an interdisciplinary study of how pervasive militarism creates a propensity for war through the influence of academia, economic policy, the defense industry, and the news media. Comprising contributions by academics and practitioners from the fields of public health, medicine, nursing, law, sociology, psychology, political science, and peace and conflict studies, as well as representatives from organizations active in war prevention, the book emphasizes the underlying preventable causes of war, particularly militarism, and focuses on the methods health professionals can use to prevent war. Preventing War and Promoting Peace provides hard-hitting facts about the devastating health effects of war and a broad perspective on war and health, presenting a new paradigm for the proactive engagement of health professions in the prevention of war and the promotion of peace.
- Presents a new paradigm for the engagement of health professionals in the prevention of war and the promotion of peace
- Offers a variety of skills and activities used to proactively prevent war and promote peace
- Explores the ways militarism is embedded in US society and how that promotes the propensity to war
Reviews & endorsements
‘The consequences of war are horrific and extend to civilian and military populations. There is little question that politics, power, and money are all important determinants of war and its consequences. This book peels a complex onion clearly and instructively. In so doing it presents an agenda for public health scholarship and intervention and makes a compelling case for the ineluctable role of public health in the prevention of war and the promotion of peace.' Sandro Galea, Robert A. Knox Professor and Dean, Boston University School of Public Health
‘This is a book that needs to be read, particularly, now that the sounds of war are appearing again in the chambers of power. It's important to inform the public about the dangers of war and health professionals have a major responsibility in this task.' Vicente Navarro, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Chief Editor of the International Journal of Health Services
‘This pathbreaking book provides an enlightening and inspiring analysis of the connections among war, empire, and health. Especially during this historical period of what has been called ‘permanent war', as resistance to war as a tool of the failing capitalist economic system is growing around the world, the contributions in this book become essential reading in understanding our current situation and struggling to change it.' Howard Waitzkin, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of New Mexico, and Director, Civilian Medical Resources Network
'… this is an excellent read … The book is rich with information … It should be useful for courses, as well as for the non-specialist, casual reader. … It would be a great step forward if the concepts in this book could be embedded in public health schools.' Neil Arya, Medicine, Conflict and Survival
'… a valuable new book …' David Swanson, Let's Try Democracy (www.davidswanson.org)
Product details
- Published: December 2017
- Format: Adobe eBook Reader
- ISBN: 9781108515542
- Length: 0 pages
- Contains: 14 b/w illus. 17 tables
- Availability: This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.
Table of Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Contributors
- Foreword Barry S. Levy and Victor W. Sidel
- Preface Shelley K. White
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: intersections of militarism, imperialism and corporate power as context for the prevention of war and promotion of peace William H. Wiist
- Part I. The Health Effects of War and Weapons of War:
- 1. The effects of war on combatants, veterans and their families Evan Kanter
- 2. Health effects of war on civilians Kaveh Khoshnood, Bandy X. Lee, and Chanel Marin
- 3. The consequences of war on the natural environment Michael J. Lawrence, Aaron J. Zolderdo and Steven J. Cooke
- 4. Weapons of war and mass destruction Curtis Holland, Marjorie Cohn, Ira Helfand and Jean Grassman
- Part II. Social Determinants of War:
- 5. The normalization of militarism and propensity for war John Lindsay-Poland
- 6. Structural violence and war: global inequalities, resources and climate change Patrick T. Hiller
- 7. Under what conditions does ethnic conflict result in armed violence? Clark McCauley and Joseph G. Bock
- 8. The war profiteers: defense contractors driving the permanent war economy Miriam Pemberton
- 9. News as entertainment: the ultimate war propaganda machine, or opportunity to promote peace? Annabel McGoldrick
- 10. The quiet military buyout of academia Kathy Barker
- Part III. Preventing War and Promoting Peace:
- 11. Use of complex systems modelling to strengthen public health's role in preventing war William H. Wiist
- 12. The ethics of war and peace in the contemporary era Andrew Flescher
- 13. The role of international law in preventing war and promoting peace Stuart Casey-Maslen
- 14. Lessons from a historical view of health organizations' activism for the prevention of war Casey Hurrell
- 15. A gluttonous military budget leaves our social welfare in poor health Jonathan White
- 16. Pacifism and conscientious objection: war resistance in the United States Geraldine Gorman
- 17. Countering military recruitment in high schools Amy Hagopian and Kathy Barker
- 18. Civil disobedience and direct action in the prevention of war Kurt Schock
- 19. Advocacy skills for the primary prevention of war Regina A. Galer-Unti
- Part IV. Teaching and Research in Public Health toward the Prevention of War:
- 20. Teaching and learning methods for engaging health professionals in the prevention of war Shelley K. White
- 21. Conducting health research toward preventing war and promoting peace William H. Wiist
- Appendices:
- 1. Public health competencies for the prevention of war
- 2. War, militarism and health: toward primary prevention: a syllabus outline Shelley K. White
- 3. Additional resources
- Index.
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