No More Killing Fields Preventing Deadly Conflict

by Hamburg, David A., M.D.

• ISBN13: 9780742516755
• ISBN10: 074251675X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-07
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

David A. Hamburg--doctor, teacher, hostage negotiator, presidential advisor, and more--has seen a lot in his 77 years and has a message for the 21st century: An ounce of prevention is worth many pounds of cure when it comes to deadly international conflict. To explore how the model of preventive medicine may be practically applied to political violence, Hamburg created the Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict. This book is the capstone of the Commission's extensive efforts and covers situations as widely ranging as World War II's Holocaust, terrorist attacks in the U. S., and the War in Iraq.

Author Biography

David A. Hamburg, M.D., is president emeritus of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and currently a visiting scholar in the Department of Psychiatry at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City

Table of Contents

Prologue	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Growing Up in a Time of Violence: Multiple Perspectives on Prevention	p. 1
The Origins of World War II and the Holocaust: Powerful Stimuli for Prevention	p. 17
Governments and Intergovernmental Organizations: Paralyzed Giants or Serious Players?	p. 51
Institutions of Civil Society: Partners for Peace	p. 87
Preventive Diplomacy: Early Help with Empathy and Problem Solving	p. 115
Democracy and Prevention: The Essence of Nonviolent Conflict Resolution	p. 151
Toward Competent, Decent, and Prosperous States: Updating Socioeconomic Development	p. 187
International Cooperation for Prevention: Emerging from the Shadows	p. 219
Preventing Catastrophic Terrorism: International Cooperation, Weapons of Mass Destruction, and Democratic Development	p. 251
Prognosis for Prevention: Promising Developments in the First Two Years of the Twenty-First Century	p. 277
Epilogue: A Landmark Report on Fulfillment of the UN's Potential for Prevention	p. 311
Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict Publications	p. 321
Additional Valuable Sources of Information and Concepts Pertinent to Preventing Deadly Conflict	p. 327
Bibliography	p. 333
Index	p. 349
About the Author	p. 363
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