Humanitarian intervention and the United Nations /

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Author / Creator:Macqueen, Norrie, 1950-
Imprint:Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2011.
Description:xv, 240 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8401423
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ISBN:9780748636976 (pbk.)
0748636978 (pbk.)
9780748636969 (hbk.)
074863696X (hbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-232) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • United Nations military interventions since 1948
  • List of abbreviations and acronyms
  • Preliminaries
  • 1. Evolution: intervention and humanitarianism from collective security to peacekeeping
  • 2. After the cold war: a new world order?
  • 3. Sovereignty and community: a 'responsibility to protect'?
  • 4. Africa: post-colonial intervention amidst fragile statehood
  • 5. Humanitarian intervention and coercive action: the Balkans
  • 6. A model intervention? The birth of Timor Leste
  • 7. Is it worth it? Success and failure in UN intervention
  • Further reading
  • Index