Humanitarian intervention and the United Nations /

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Author / Creator:	MacQueen, Norrie, 1950- author.
Imprint:	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2011] ©2011
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 240 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Subject:	United Nations -- Peacekeeping forces. United Nations. Humanitarian intervention. LAW -- International. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General. Humanitarian intervention. Peacekeeping forces. Electronic books. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11259008

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ISBN:	9780748636983 0748636986 9780748687893 0748687890 9780748636969 074863696X 9780748636976 0748636978
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-232) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Explores the UN's track record of military action, from cold war 'brushfire' peacekeeping to the fractured globalisation of the contemporary world MacQueen 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 issues Case study chapters on sub-Saharan Africa, the Balkans and East Timor Confronts hard questions about the short and long-term value of these interventions
Other form:	Print version: MacQueen, Norrie, 1950- Humanitarian intervention and the United Nations. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2011 9780748636976
Standard no.:	9786613133137

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