William H. Wiist holds a Courtesy Faculty appointment in Global Health at the College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University. He previously served as Professor of Health Sciences and Senior Scientist in the Interdisciplinary Health Policy Institute at Northern Arizona University. He has been published in numerous journals, and is editor or author of The Bottom Line on Public Health (2010), Case Studies on Corporations and Global Health Governance (2016), Researching Corporations and Global Health Governance (2016); and chapters in Sick Societies (1992). He is a member of the American Public Health Association and the Public Health Working Group on the Primary Prevention of War. Shelley K. White is Assistant Professor of Public Health and Sociology and Program Director of the MPH in Health Equity at Simmons College, Boston. She is past Director of the Youth Ambassadors for Peace Program, in partnership with the Under-Secretary-General for the United Nations' Decade for Children and Armed Conflict. She founded and chairs the Public Health Working Group on Primary Prevention of War. She is co-editor of Sociologists in Action: Sociology, Social Change and Social Justice (2013) and Sociologists in Action on Inequalities: Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality (2014), and has been published in numerous journals.

'The consequences of war are horrific and extend to civilian and military populations. There is little question that politics, power, and money are all important determinants of war and its consequences. This book peels a complex onion clearly and instructively. In so doing it presents an agenda for public health scholarship and intervention and makes a compelling case for the ineluctable role of public health in the prevention of war and the promotion of peace.' Sandro Galea, Robert A. Knox Professor and Dean, Boston University School of Public Health

• List of figures; List of tables; Contributors; Foreword Barry S. Levy and Victor W. Sidel; Preface Shelley K. White; Acknowledgements; Introduction: intersections of militarism, imperialism and corporate power as context for the prevention of war and promotion of peace William H. Wiist; Part I. The Health Effects of War and Weapons of War: 1. The effects of war on combatants, veterans and their families Evan Kanter; 2. Health effects of war on civilians Kaveh Khoshnood, Bandy X. Lee, and Chanel Marin; 3. The consequences of war on the natural environment Michael J. Lawrence, Aaron J. Zolderdo and Steven J. Cooke; 4. Weapons of war and mass destruction Curtis Holland, Marjorie Cohn, Ira Helfand and Jean Grassman; Part II. Social Determinants of War: 5. The normalization of militarism and propensity for war John Lindsay-Poland; 6. Structural violence and war: global inequalities, resources and climate change Patrick T. Hiller; 7. Under what conditions does ethnic conflict result in armed violence? Clark McCauley and Joseph G. Bock; 8. The war profiteers: defense contractors driving the permanent war economy Miriam Pemberton; 9. News as entertainment: the ultimate war propaganda machine, or opportunity to promote peace? Annabel McGoldrick; 10. The quiet military buyout of academia Kathy Barker; Part III. Preventing War and Promoting Peace: 11. Use of complex systems modelling to strengthen public health's role in preventing war William H. Wiist; 12. The ethics of war and peace in the contemporary era Andrew Flescher; 13. The role of international law in preventing war and promoting peace Stuart Casey-Maslen; 14. Lessons from a historical view of health organizations' activism for the prevention of war Casey Hurrell; 15. A gluttonous military budget leaves our social welfare in poor health Jonathan White; 16. Pacifism and conscientious objection: war resistance in the United States Geraldine Gorman; 17. Countering military recruitment in high schools Amy Hagopian and Kathy Barker; 18. Civil disobedience and direct action in the prevention of war Kurt Schock; 19. Advocacy skills for the primary prevention of war Regina A. Galer-Unti; Part IV. Teaching and Research in Public Health toward the Prevention of War: 20. Teaching and learning methods for engaging health professionals in the prevention of war Shelley K. White; 21. Conducting health research toward preventing war and promoting peace William H. Wiist; Appendices: 1. Public health competencies for the prevention of war; 2. War, militarism and health: toward primary prevention: a syllabus outline Shelley K. White; 3. Additional resources; Index.