The war machine and global health : a critical medical anthropological examination of the human costs of armed conflict and the international violence industry / edited by Merrill Singer and G. Derrick Hodge.
2010
362.1 W253 2010
Available at 3rd Floor
Formats
| Format | |
|---|---|
| BibTeX | |
| MARCXML | |
| TextMARC | |
| MARC | |
| DublinCore | |
| EndNote | |
| NLM | |
| RefWorks | |
| RIS | |
Title
The war machine and global health : a critical medical anthropological examination of the human costs of armed conflict and the international violence industry / edited by Merrill Singer and G. Derrick Hodge.
ISBN
9780759111905 (cloth : alk. paper)
0759111901 (cloth : alk. paper)
0759111901 (cloth : alk. paper)
Imprint
Lanham, Md. : AltaMira Press, c2010.
Language
English
Description
viii, 339 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
362.1 W253 2010
System Control No.
(OCoLC)439471943
(OCoLC)439471943
(OCoLC)439471943
Summary
"In the contemporary world, war rivals infectious disease as a global cause of morbidity and mortality. Since the end of World War II, there have been at least 160 wars around the world with as many as 25 million (and probably many more) people killed, most of them civilians. Directly or indirectly, war touches the lives of most people on the planet, often with lasting and costly impact. Framed by the holistic and ethnographically grounded theoretical perspective of critical medical anthropology, and more broadly by the political economy of health, this book of essays by leading medical anthropologists and other health social scientists carefully examines the global effects of war, the war industry, and the international weapons trade on human health and well-being. Further, this book goes beyond offering a lively and readable account of a pressing health concern by critically analyzing the political and economic forces driving the war machine to inflict ever-increasing levels of social suffering and loss of life."--pub. desc.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction: The myriad impacts of the war machine on global health / Merrill Singer and G. Derrick Hodge
The echoes of war : effects of early malnutrition on adult health / Patrick F. Clarkin
War and the public health disaster in Iraq / Scott Harding and Kathryn Libal
Children and revolution : mental health and psychosocial well-being of child soldiers in Nepal / Brandon A. Kohrt ... [et al.]
The causes and human costs of targeting Iraq / Elaine A. Hills and Dahlia S. Wasfi
The impact of the war machine on global warming and health : a political-ecological perspective / Hans Baer
Dying of sorrow : expulsion, empire, and the people of Diego Garcia / David Vine
Hasbara, health care, and the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories / Avram Bornstein
Waging war on the wageless : extrajudicial killings, private armies, and the poor of Honduras / Adrienne Pine
Olive drab and white coats : U.S. military medical teams interoperating with Guatemala / Abagail E. Adams
Conclusion: The political economy and critical geography of the war machine / G. Derrick Hodge and Merrill Singer.
The echoes of war : effects of early malnutrition on adult health / Patrick F. Clarkin
War and the public health disaster in Iraq / Scott Harding and Kathryn Libal
Children and revolution : mental health and psychosocial well-being of child soldiers in Nepal / Brandon A. Kohrt ... [et al.]
The causes and human costs of targeting Iraq / Elaine A. Hills and Dahlia S. Wasfi
The impact of the war machine on global warming and health : a political-ecological perspective / Hans Baer
Dying of sorrow : expulsion, empire, and the people of Diego Garcia / David Vine
Hasbara, health care, and the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories / Avram Bornstein
Waging war on the wageless : extrajudicial killings, private armies, and the poor of Honduras / Adrienne Pine
Olive drab and white coats : U.S. military medical teams interoperating with Guatemala / Abagail E. Adams
Conclusion: The political economy and critical geography of the war machine / G. Derrick Hodge and Merrill Singer.
Added Author
Record Appears in