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The war machine and global health : a critical medical anthropological examination of the human costs of armed conflict and the international violence industry /
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,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, Md. :
AltaMira Press,
©2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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 [and others]
- 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.