In the shadow of 'just wars' : violence, politics, and humanitarian action
2004
Book
Total copies: 2
Main title:
In the shadow of 'just wars' : violence, politics, and humanitarian action / Medecins sans frontieres ; edited by Fabrice Weissman ; translations from the French by Vincent Homolka, Roger Leverdier, and Fiona Terry ; English text edited by Fiona Terry.
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Imprint:
Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, c2004.
Collation:
xi, 372 p. : maps ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction : The sacrificial international order and humanitarian action / Jean-Herve Bradol -- East Timor : better late than never / Gil Gonzalez-Foerster -- Sierra Leone : peace at any price / Fabrice Weissman -- Afghanistan : from 'militant monks' to crusaders / Franc¿ʹois Calas & Pierre Salignon -- North Korea : feeding totalitarianism / Fiona Terry -- Angola : woe to the vanquished / Christine Messiant -- Sudan : who benefits from humanitarian aid? / Marc Lavergne & Fabrice Weissman -- Liberia : orchestrated chaos / Jean-Herve Jezequel -- Chechnya : eradication of the enemy within / Thornike Gordadze -- Democratic Republic of Congo : victims of no importance / Marc Le Pape -- Colombia : violence versus politics / Michel Agier -- Algeria : the utility of terrorism / Chawki Amari -- Iraq : in search of a 'humanitarian crisis' / Rony Brauman & Pierre Salignon -- Kosovo : the end of an era? / David Rieff -- Humanitarian spaces : spaces of exception / Michel Agier & Francoise Bouchet-Saulnier -- Justice and humanitarian action : a conflict of interest / Eric Dachy -- The modern missionaries of Islam / Abdel-Rahman Ghandour -- Of medicines and men / Annick Hamel.
ISBN:
9780801489112
LC class:
HV639 SHA
Language:
English
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BRN:
4325