Preventive Diplomacy

The suppression of war has been the primary objective of the United Nations for almost fifty years and stopping a war before it starts is easier than ending a war already underway. History however has shown that military interventions and economic sanctions often do more harm than good. In <EM>Preventive Diplomacy</EM> Nobel prize winners top officials and revered thinkers tackle these issues and explore the process of conflict prevention from humanitarian economic and political perspectives. This cross-disciplinary reader on global politics demonstrates that when new insights and methodologies on public health are applied to the handling of international disasters the change in policy perspective is intriguing--even hopeful.