Preventing war and promoting peace : a guide for health professionals / edited by William H. Wiist, Oregon State University ; Shelley K. White, Simmons College.
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 practiti...
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Table of Contents:
- 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
- The effects of war on combatants, veterans and their families / Evan Kanter
- The health effects of war on civilians / Kaveh Khoshnood, Bandy X. Lee, and Chanel Marin / The consequences of war on the natural environment / Michael J. Lawrence, Aaron J. Zolderdo, and Steven J. Cooke
- Weapons of war and mass destruction / Curtis Holland, Marjorie Cohn, Ira Helfand and Jean Grassman
- Part II. Social Determinants of War
- The normalization of militarism and propensity for war / John Lindsay-Poland
- Structural violence and war: global inequalities, resources, and climate change / Patrick T. Hiller
- Under what conditions does ethnic conflict result in armed violence? / Clark McCauley and Joseph G. Bock
- The war profiteers: defense contractors driving the permanent war economy / Miriam Pemberton
- News as entertainment: the ultimate war propaganda machine, or opportunity to promote peace? / Annabel McGoldrick
- The quiet military buyout of academia / Kathy Barker
- Part III. Preventing War and Promoting Peace
- Use of complex systems modeling to strengthen public health's role in preventing war / William H. Wiist
- The ethics of war and peace in the contemporary era / Andrew Flescher
- The role of international law in preventing war and promoting peace / Stuart Casey-Maslen
- Lessons from a historical view of health organizations' activism for the prevention of war / Casey Hurrell
- A gluttonous military budget leaves our social welfare in poor health / Jonathan White
- Pacifism and conscientious objection: war resistance in the United States / Geraldine Gorman
- Countering military recruitment in high schools / Amy Hagopian and Kathy Barker
- Civil disobedience and direct action in the prevention of war / Kurt Schock
- Advocacy skills for the primary prevention of war / Regina A. Galer-Unti
- Part IV. Teaching and Research in the Health Professions Toward the Prevention of War
- Teaching and learning methods for engaging health professionals in the prevention of war / Shelley K. White
- Conducting health research toward preventing war and promoting peace / William H. Wiist.