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Humanitarian Intervention and the United Nations

By Norrie Macqueen

Book information

Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Year
2011
ISBN
9780748636983
DOI
10.1515/9780748636983
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1621462 bytes)
Pages
256\256
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-22 03:14:30

Description

Explores the UN's track record of military action, from cold war 'brushfire' peacekeeping to the fractured globalisation of the contemporary worldMacQueen assesses armed humanitarian intervention on a region-by-region basis, from the Balkans to Africa, the Middle East to Southeast Asia. Using empirical evidence, he compiles a 'balance sheet' of the UN's successes and failures and asks hard questions about humanitarian intervention's short and long-term value.Presents a concise analytical overview of the theoretical, moral and practical issuesCase study chapters on sub-Saharan Africa, the Balkans and East TimorConfronts hard questions about the short and long-term value of these interventions

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