Humanitarian intervention in contemporary conflict : a reconceptualization /

Humanitarian intervention in contemporary conflict : a reconceptualization / Oliver Ramsbotham, Tom Woodhouse.

"This timely book is a wide-ranging assessment of the international response to devastating contemporary conflicts, such as those in Bosnia, Somalia and Rwanda. As such, it is the first comprehensive account and examination of humanitarian intervention in the post-cold war period." "A...

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Main Author: Ramsbotham, Oliver
Other Authors: Woodhouse, Tom
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; Cambridge, MA : Polity Press, 1996.
Subjects:
Intervention (International law)
International police.
War relief.
Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. The Classical Debate: Forcible Self-Help by States to Protect Human Rights
  • Introduction: Humanitarian Intervention in Uganda. 1. Humanitarianism, Human Rights and the International Community. 2. Forcible Self-Help in Defence of Human Rights: 1945-1990
  • pt. II. Reconceptualization: Humanitarian Intervention in Contemporary Conflict
  • Introduction: Humanitarian Intervention in Iraq. 3. Contexts. 4. Options. 5. Controversies
  • pt. III. Cases. 6. Humanitarian Intervention in Bosnia. 7. Humanitarian Intervention in Somalia
  • Epilogue: Framework Principles for Humanitarian Intervention
  • Appendix 1: United Nations Peacekeeping and Observer Missions Operating 1991-4
  • Appendix 2: Other Acronyms.

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