War and Peace
Articles and slide shows on militarism, war, peace, nuclear weapons, terrorism, rape in war, genocide, and violence against women in the military.
Slide Shows:
*Consequences of war & militarism
Slide show on health, economic, and environmental consequences of war and militarism
Geneva Conventions and Human Rights During Wartime – Jeff Spike
Slide show on Geneva Conventions and Human Rights During Wartime from Dr. Jeff Spike
George W Bush’s Military Record.ppt
Overview of George W Bush’s military record
*human subject experimentation – nazis – present
Slide show on human subject experimentation in the 20th Century, focusing on WW II Germany and Japan
*War and Peace in Literature
Slide show with famous quotes, a few poems, and photos relevant to war and peace
*War, Rape and Genocide
Slide show on war, rape, and genocide, with historical perspectives and an overview of Darfur, Sudan
*weapons of mass destruction
Slide show on the effects of weapons of mass destruction
Articles:
acute rad syndrome – Ann Int Med ltr.doc
Letter re acute radiation syndrome and medical education
Bioterrorism Curriculum Too Limited – Acad Med ltr.doc
Letter re medical education covering militarism, war, and peace
Caring for Active Duty Military Personnel in the Private Sector – Waitzkin and Noble, 3-09
Article reprinted from Social Medicine, 3-09
child soldier – People Mag lte.doc
Unpublished brief letter re US use of child soldier in Iraq
Comments on Bush re-election – LO Rev 2004.doc
Editorial re prospects for the US in the wake of the re-election of George W Bush
destruction of smallpox stores
Call for destruction of smallpox virus stores from AJPH
health effects of war and med literature
Abstract re health effects of war and the medical literature
hiroshima – Oregonian editorial 2001.doc
Editorial re legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and current US nuclear policy, 2001
Hiroshima editorial – LO Review 2006.doc
Editorial re legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and current US nuclear policy, 2006
hiroshima editorial – PDX Tribune 2002.doc
Editorial re legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and current US nuclear policy, 2002
Hirsohima Day psr 2006 speech.doc
Outline of Hiroshima Day speech, 2006
*Internists and bioterror prevention – JGIM lte 2007.doc
Letter re prevention of bioterrorism, prevention of war, promotion of peace, and medical education
*Medical Impacts of Hiroshima
In Okuda ST (with Vergun P), A Dimly Burning Wick: Memoir from the Ruins of Hiroshima (New York: Algora Publishing, 2008); chapter by Vergun R, Vergun P, Thomasson C, Donohoe MT. [A brief summary of the medical impacts of Hiroshima.]
Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator – LO Review 7-05.doc
Editorial on robust nuclear earth penetrator
Sept 11 and war – PDX Tribune.doc
Editorial on the invasion of Iraq after 9/11
*Violence Against Women in the Military – Medscape.doc
Article on violence against women in the military
*War and Peace Literature
List of novels, poems, non-fiction works, and websites relevant to war and peace
war and the medical literature 1997.doc
Unpublished research study on articles relevant to war and peace in the medical literature
War Prayer – Mark Twain
Posthumously-published, powerful anti-war narrative by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
*War, Rape, and Genocide – Medscape.doc
Article on war, rape, and genocide, with historical perspectives and an overview of Darfur, Sudan
External Links:
American Friends Service Committee: http://www.afsc.org/
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: http://thebulletin.org/
Campus Anti-War Network: http://campusantiwar.net/
Code Pink: http://www.codepink4peace.org/
Food not Bombs: http://www.foodnotbombs.net/
Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space: http://www.space4peace.org/
Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility: http://psr.igc.org/index.html
Hanford Watch: http://www.hanfordwatch.org/
International Campaign to Ban Landmines: http://www.icbl.org/
Iraq Body Count: http://www.iraqbodycount.org/
Military Toxics Project: http://www.miltoxproj.org/
National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund: http://www.peacetaxfund.org/
National Priorities Project: http://www.nationalpriorities.org/
Oregon PeaceWorks: http://www.oregonpeaceworks.org/site/index.php
Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility: http://www.oregonpsr.org/
Physicians for Global Survival, Canada: http://www.pgs.ca/
Physicians for Social Responsibility: http://www.psr.org/site/PageServer?pagename=home
Poets Against the War: http://www.poetsagainstthewar.org/
School of the Americas Watch: http://www.soaw.org/
Sunshine Project: http://www.sunshine-project.org/
United for Peace and Justice: http://www.unitedforpeace.org/
US Holocaust Memorial Museum: http://www.ushmm.org/
US Institute of Peace: http://www.usip.org/
War Profiteers: http://www.corpwatch.org/section.php?id=176
Women’s Action for New Directions: http://www.wand.org/wand_home.htm
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom: http://www.wilpf.org/