The war machine and global health [[electronic resource] ] : 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
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The war machine and global health [[electronic resource] ] : 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
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Md., : AltaMira Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (349 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 362.1 |
| Soggetto topico: | War - Health aspects |
| World health | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
SingerMerrill
HodgeG. Derrick <1968->
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION: The Myriad Impacts of the War Machine on Global Health; PART ONE. THE WAR MACHINE AND GLOBAL MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY; CHAPTER ONE. THE ECHOES OF WAR: Effects of Early Malnutrition on Adult Health; CHAPTER TWO. WAR AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTER IN IRAQ; CHAPTER THREE. CHILDREN AND REVOLUTION: Mental Health and Psychosocial Well-Being of Child Soldiers in Nepal; PART TWO. THE ENVIRONMENT OF WAR AND ITS IMPACT ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT; CHAPTER FOUR. THE CAUSES AND HUMAN COSTS OF TARGETING IRAQ |
| CHAPTER FIVE. THE IMPACT OF THE WAR MACHINE ON GLOBAL WARMING AND HEALTH: A Political-Ecological PerspectiveCHAPTER SIX. DYING OF SORROW: Expulsion, Empire, and the People of Diego Garcia; PART THREE. THE WAR MACHINE AND THE MACHINERY OF HUMAN SOCIAL LIFE; CHAPTER SEVEN. HASBARA, HEALTH CARE, AND THE ISRAELI-OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES; CHAPTER EIGHT. WAGING WAR ON THE WAGELESS: Extrajudicial Killings, Private Armies, and the Poor of Honduras; CHAPTER NINE. OLIVE DRAB AND WHITE COATS: U.S. Military Medical Teams Interoperating with Guatemala | |
| CONCLUSION: The Political Economy and Critical Geography of the War MachineINDEX; ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book of essays by medical anthropologists and other health social scientists examines the full measure of the disastrous global health effects of war in the contemporary world. It provides a political economic framework for assessing the war machine. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The war machine and global health |
| ISBN: | 1-282-47963-6 |
| 9786612479632 | |
| 0-7591-1943-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910456740003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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