American Window.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-347) and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1 Growing Up in a Time of Violence: Multiple Perspectives -- on Prevention -- 2 The Origins of World War II and the Holocaust: -- Powerful Stimuli for Prevention -- 3 Governments and Intergovernmental Organizations: -- Paralyzed Giants or Serious Players? -- 4 Institutions of Civil Society: Partners for Peace -- 5 Preventive Diplomacy: Early Help with Empathy and -- Problem Solving -- 6 Democracy and Prevention: The Essence of Nonviolent -- Conflict Resolution -- 7 Toward Competent, Decent, and Prosperous States: -- Updating Socioeconomic Development -- 8 International Cooperation for Prevention: -- Emerging from the Shadows -- 9 Preventing Catastrophic Terrorism: International Cooperation, -- Weapons of Mass Destruction, and Democratic Development -- 10 Prognosis for Prevention: Promising Developments in -- the First Two Years of the Twenty-First Century -- Epilogue A Landmark Report on Fulfillment of the UN's -- Potential for Prevention -- Appendix 1 Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly -- Conflict Publications -- Appendix 2 Additional Valuable Sources of Information and -- Concepts Pertinent to Preventing Deadly Conflict -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.