To the Reader Editorial board

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Preface

Introduction Health and peace for mankind

I HISTORICAL VIEW

Medicine against war--an historical review of the anti-war activities of physicians

The image of war in medical journals--a case study

The impact of warfare on medicine

Problems of assistance and protection in modern conflicts

The changing character of war

Military medicine

II DIFFERENT ARMS SYSTEMS

CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS

Antipersonnel weapons

Small arms

Antipersonnel landmines

WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

Chemical weapons

Biological warfare--how serious a threat?

Health effects of the military use and testing of nuclear weapons

Atomic bomb casualty: experiences from Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Nuclear terrorism

NEW TECHNOLOGY

Non-lethal weapons

III HEALTH AND SOCIAL EFFECTS OF WARFARE

DEMOGRAPHIC EFFECTS

Morbidity and mortality among soldiers and civilians

The effects of wars on population

EFFECTS ON HEALTH CARE

The health and social consequences of diversion of economic resources to war and preparation for war

Health and war in Mozambique

Postwar health and health care in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Warfare and health: the case of West Africa

VULNERABLE GROUPS

Children and war

Children's responses to the threat of nuclear war

Croatia

Women as victims

Rape--the female body as a symbol and a sign: gender-specific violence and the cultural construction of war

Front lines of mental health under war conditions: the example of former Yugoslavia

The underprivileged, elderly, mentally ill and handicapped in war

AFTER THE WAR

War-injured veterans getting old

War veterans

Past trauma persisting in the present the survivors of earlier wartime trauma in old age

IV SOCIAL STRUCTURES IN CONNECTION WITH WARS

Arms trade and perceptions of security

Psychological theories of aggressive behaviour

Language, communication and discourse

The media in postmodern war and terrorism

War and alcohol

Education for conflict resolution: a contribution to peacekeeping in the Republic of Macedonia

V WAR AND ENVIRONMENT

Conventional warfare and the human environment

Military pollution--nuclear waste: sailing directions classified

Nuclear pollution in the former USSR

Military pollution--chemical waste: threats posed by chemical weapons in the Baltic and other seas

Gulf War illnesses: the role of chemical, radiological and biological exposures

Kosovo War--first environmental impact assessment

VI PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF WARS

INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ACTIVITIES

The laws of Geneva and The Hague

From Nuremberg to the International Criminal Court

Defensive security

Elimination of nuclear weapons: strategies for overcoming the political deadlock

The World Court Project

Conflict monitoring

Globalization: expanded opportunities to prevent regional and global conflict through negotiation, mediation and preventive diplomacy

The role of international organizations: does the United Nations still matter?

The International Red Cross

Defence restructuring and conversion

Humanitarian assistance to countries at war: an exercise in futility?

Forensic medical investigations in Kosovo

CIVILIAN EFFORTS FOR PEACE

Trust-building among nations in conflict through medical actions: the case of the Middle East

World religions, world peace, world ethic

Stubborn peace: communities that refuse to fight

DIFFERENT NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

Pugwash

A brief history of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War

Medecins Sans Frontieres

Physicians for Human Rights

Amnesty International: research, documentation and action for human rights

Operation Handicap International

International Peace Research Association

About the Authors

Index