{"product_id":"first-do-no-harm-david-n-gibbs-9780826516435","title":"First Do No Harm: Humanitarian Intervention and the Destruction of Yugoslavia","description":"In \u003ci\u003eFirst Do No Harm\u003c\/i\u003e, David Gibbs raises basic questions about the humanitarian interventions that have played a key role in U.S. foreign policy for the past twenty years. Using a wide range of sources, including government documents, transcripts of international war crimes trials, and memoirs, Gibbs shows how these interventions often heightened violence and increased human suffering. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book focuses on the 1991-99 breakup of Yugoslavia, which helped forge the idea that the United States and its allies could stage humanitarian interventions that would end ethnic strife. It is widely believed that NATO bombing campaigns in Bosnia and Kosovo played a vital role in stopping Serb-directed aggression, and thus resolving the conflict. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGibbs challenges this view, offering an extended critique of Samantha Power's Pulitzer Prize-winning book, \u003ci\u003eA Problem from Hell: America in the Age of Genocide\u003c\/i\u003e. He shows that intervention contributed to the initial breakup of Yugoslavia, and then helped spread the violence and destruction. Gibbs also explains how the motives for U.S. intervention were rooted in its struggle for continued hegemony in Europe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFirst Do No Harm\u003c\/i\u003e argues for a new, noninterventionist model for U.S. foreign policy, one that deploys nonmilitary methods for addressing ethnic violence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David N. Gibbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0826516432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826516435\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vanderbilt University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/29\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 327\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/12\/2009 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2010","brand":"David N. Gibbs","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44063409701119,"sku":"9780826516435","price":99.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6bc7b65e-7011-4141-80be-229baa2a3b86.jpg?v=1685389392","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/first-do-no-harm-david-n-gibbs-9780826516435","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}