War and the health of nations amazonde iqbal zaryab fremdsprachige bucher wahlen sie ihre cookie einstellungen wir verwenden cookies und ahnliche tools um ihr einkaufserlebnis zu verbessern um unsere dienste anzubieten um zu verstehen wie die kunden unsere dienste nutzen damit wir verbesserungen vornehmen konnen und um werbung anzuzeigen. War and the health of nations provides a conceptual and theoretical framework for understanding the influence of violent interstate and intrastate conflict on the quality of life of populations and empirically analyzes the war and health relationship through statistical models using a universal sample of states the analyses provide strong evidence for the direct as well as the indirect effects of war on public health and offer important insights into key socio economic determinants of . War and the health of nations systematically approaches the topic and powerfully demonstrates that wars affect not only the health of combatants but that of ordinary citizens as well juxtaposing data sets that catalog such metrics as a nations health associated life expectancy hale infant mortality fertility rates and life expectancy with conflict involvement conflict magnitude democracy rating and trade openness allows iqbal to quantify relationships and uncover nuances that may . War and the health of nations zaryabiqbal stanford university press stanford california contents tables and figures ix acknowledgments xi 1 introduction 1 2 the concept of human security 12 3 war and health a conceptual and theoretical framework 30 4 conflict and levels of health achievement 53 5 a disaggregated analysis of the impact of war on health 77 6 collateral damage war