David A. Hamburg, M.D., is president emeritus of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and currently a visiting scholar in the Department of Psychiatry at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City. He has been a professor at Stanford and Harvard, president of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has received the National Academy of Sciences' Public Welfare Medal (its highest award), and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award of the United States.

• Chapter 1 PrologueChapter 2 Growing Up in a Time of Violence: Multiple Perspectives on PreventionChapter 3 The Origins of World War II and the Holocaust: Powerful Stimuli for PreventionChapter 4 Governments and Intergovernmental Organizations: Paralyzed Giants or Serious Players?Chapter 5 Institutions of Civil Society: Partners for PeaceChapter 6 Preventive Diplomacy: Early Help with Empathy and Problem SolvingChapter 7 Democracy and Prevention: The Essence of Nonviolent Conflict ResolutionChapter 8 Toward Competent, Decent, and Prosperous States: Updating Socioeconomic DevelopmentChapter 9 International Cooperation for Prevention: Emerging from the ShadowsChapter 10 Preventing Catastrophic Terrorism: International Cooperation, Weapons of Mass Destruction, and Democratic DevelopmentChapter 11 Prognosis for Prevention: Promising Developments in the First Two Years of the Twenty-First CenturyChapter 13 Epilogue: A Landmark Report on Fulfillment of the UN's Potential for PreventionChapter 14 Appendix I Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict PublicationsChapter 15 Appendix II Additional Valuable Sources of Information and Concepts Pertinent to Preventing Deadly Conflict

This book is a clear and insightful statement of the principles and practices of prevention. Covering a wide range of topics, it focuses especially on supporting preventive diplomacy, building democratic institutions, and upgrading socio-economic development—three vital pillars of preventive engagement. It shows how international cooperation is both essential and feasible for accomplishing these tasks, and applies this perspective to the prevention of catastrophic terrorism.

David A. Hamburg, M.D., is president emeritus of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and currently a visiting scholar in the Department of Psychiatry at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City. He has been a professor at Stanford and Harvard, president of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has received the National Academy of Sciences' Public Welfare Medal (its highest award), and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award of the United States.

• Chapter 1 PrologueChapter 2 Growing Up in a Time of Violence: Multiple Perspectives on PreventionChapter 3 The Origins of World War II and the Holocaust: Powerful Stimuli for PreventionChapter 4 Governments and Intergovernmental Organizations: Paralyzed Giants or Serious Players?Chapter 5 Institutions of Civil Society: Partners for PeaceChapter 6 Preventive Diplomacy: Early Help with Empathy and Problem SolvingChapter 7 Democracy and Prevention: The Essence of Nonviolent Conflict ResolutionChapter 8 Toward Competent, Decent, and Prosperous States: Updating Socioeconomic DevelopmentChapter 9 International Cooperation for Prevention: Emerging from the ShadowsChapter 10 Preventing Catastrophic Terrorism: International Cooperation, Weapons of Mass Destruction, and Democratic DevelopmentChapter 11 Prognosis for Prevention: Promising Developments in the First Two Years of the Twenty-First CenturyChapter 13 Epilogue: A Landmark Report on Fulfillment of the UN's Potential for PreventionChapter 14 Appendix I Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict PublicationsChapter 15 Appendix II Additional Valuable Sources of Information and Concepts Pertinent to Preventing Deadly Conflict

This book is a clear and insightful statement of the principles and practices of prevention. Covering a wide range of topics, it focuses especially on supporting preventive diplomacy, building democratic institutions, and upgrading socio-economic development—three vital pillars of preventive engagement. It shows how international cooperation is both essential and feasible for accomplishing these tasks, and applies this perspective to the prevention of catastrophic terrorism.

David A. Hamburg, M.D., is president emeritus of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and currently a visiting scholar in the Department of Psychiatry at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City. He has been a professor at Stanford and Harvard, president of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has received the National Academy of Sciences' Public Welfare Medal (its highest award), and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award of the United States.

• Chapter 1 PrologueChapter 2 Growing Up in a Time of Violence: Multiple Perspectives on PreventionChapter 3 The Origins of World War II and the Holocaust: Powerful Stimuli for PreventionChapter 4 Governments and Intergovernmental Organizations: Paralyzed Giants or Serious Players?Chapter 5 Institutions of Civil Society: Partners for PeaceChapter 6 Preventive Diplomacy: Early Help with Empathy and Problem SolvingChapter 7 Democracy and Prevention: The Essence of Nonviolent Conflict ResolutionChapter 8 Toward Competent, Decent, and Prosperous States: Updating Socioeconomic DevelopmentChapter 9 International Cooperation for Prevention: Emerging from the ShadowsChapter 10 Preventing Catastrophic Terrorism: International Cooperation, Weapons of Mass Destruction, and Democratic DevelopmentChapter 11 Prognosis for Prevention: Promising Developments in the First Two Years of the Twenty-First CenturyChapter 13 Epilogue: A Landmark Report on Fulfillment of the UN's Potential for PreventionChapter 14 Appendix I Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict PublicationsChapter 15 Appendix II Additional Valuable Sources of Information and Concepts Pertinent to Preventing Deadly Conflict

This book is a clear and insightful statement of the principles and practices of prevention. Covering a wide range of topics, it focuses especially on supporting preventive diplomacy, building democratic institutions, and upgrading socio-economic development—three vital pillars of preventive engagement. It shows how international cooperation is both essential and feasible for accomplishing these tasks, and applies this perspective to the prevention of catastrophic terrorism.