War or Health: A Reader

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This reader, comprising 70 specially commissioned articles, provides an unusually wide-ranging examination of the interface between warfare and human health and society. Topics include: * the changing character of wars & their effects on civilians * the demographic consequences of wars * the medical and health aspects of different kinds of weapons * the changing roles of health professionals in war * the factors behind the outbreak & continuation of wars * the arms trade, social tensions, the role of media * theories of violence, and war as a social institution * efforts to regulate and prevent modern warfare

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'When people are in danger, everyone has a duty to speak out....I hope their book can help us to change our way of thinking as well as our way of acting.' - Kofi Annan, Secretary General, United Nations 'Once more we owe a debt of gratitude to the medical world. This time it is due to the Finnish 'Physicians for Social Responsibility.' Their new publication, War and Health, is an encyclopaedia of peaceful information about war - its history, its weaponry, its destructiveness, its consequences for civilians and the environment and current hopes for its eventual abolition. A very useful resource book for all who are serious about peace. - Bruce Kent, Past President, The International Peace Bureau

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War or Health has been compiled by Physicians for Social Responsibility in Finland, a member of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW). DR ILKKA TAIPALE is a doctor, politician and peace activist and the author of many books on peace and war, social medicine and psychiatry. The CONTRIBUTORS come from a number of different countries and are leading authorities in their fields.