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Hamburg, David A.
No More Killing Fields: Preventing Deadly Conflict
Lanham, MD Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. 2004 074251675X / 9780742516755 First paperback edition Trade Paperback Fine
xxv, 365 pp., biblio., index; 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. "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, recent terrorist attacks in the U.S., and the War in Iraq. As Hamburg details, the prevention of war is built on key pillars including democratic governance, economic development, and nonviolent problem solving in dangerous situations. International cooperation and strong leadership at every level are essential. Perhaps most important, a civil society that embraces differences rather than exploiting them is an evolving need. In No More Killing Fields, David A. Hamburg combines the best of long personal experience, multifaceted scholarship, and acute prognosis to point the way toward peace in the 21st century. Prologue to the paperback edition includes updates on the War in Iraq and future potential conflicts. The writing is clean, powerful, and engaging. New chapter on preventing catastrophic terrorism in wake of 9-11. Many chapters are introduced with vignettes from the author's personal experience. Summary points at the end of each chapter. Contains Appendix listing additional valuable sources of information and concepts pertinent to preventing deadly conflict. / 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. He has been a professor at Stanford and Harvard, president of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has received the National Academy of Sciences' Public Welfare Medal (its highest award), and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award of the United States." - Publisher.
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