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War and the
Health of
Nations
Zaryab Iqbal
Assessments of the costs of
war generally focus on the
financial, political, military,
and territorial risks associated
with involvement
in violent conflict. Often
overlooked are the human
costs of war, particularly
their effects on population well being. In War and the
Health of Nations, Zaryab Iqbal explores these human
costs by offering the first large-scale empirical study of
the relationship between armed conflict and population
health. Working within the influential “human
security” paradigm—which emphasizes the security of
populations rather than states as the central object of
global security—Iqbal analyzes the direct and indirect
mechanisms through which violent conflict degrades
population health.
“For far too long we have known far too little about the
aftereffects of political violence. To date, researchers
have been justifiably focused on the determinants and
dynamics of large-scale conflict. Zaryab Iqbal helps
inaugurate a new focus regarding the outcomes of
conflict (broadly conceived) on health (also broadly
conceived). War and the Health of Nations immediately
contributes to our understanding of the topic as well
as maps out a new direction for conflict studies, both
theoretically as well as empirically. This book addresses
one of the most crucial issues confronted by our age in
a manner befitting the topic involved—seriously, rigorously,
and elegantly.”
—Christian Davenport, University of Notre Dame
208 pp., 20 tables, 21 figures, 2010
9780804758819 Cloth $45.00 $36.00 sale
The Fog of Law
Pragmatism,
Security, and
International Law
Michael J. Glennon
“The Fog of Law provides a
rigorous theoretical basis for a
recommendation that the UN
Charter’s rules on use of force
be declared in desuetude, and
sheds light on the proposed
law of aggression and other
disputed issues. No defender
of legal universalism can afford
to ignore the challenge of this
book.”
—Pierre Hassner,
Research Director Emeritus,
Sciences Po, Paris
Woodrow Wilson Center Press
224 pp., 2010
9780804771757 Cloth $40.00 $32.00 sale
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Between Law
and Diplomacy
The Social Contexts
of Disputing at
the World Trade
Organization
Joseph A. Conti
272 pp., 3 tables, 4 figures, 2010
9780804771436 Cloth $50.00 $40.00 sale
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