Humanitarian Intervention and the United Nations (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780748636976)

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 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

Author: Norrie Macqueen
ISBN-10: 0748636978
ISBN-13: 9780748636976
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/24/2011
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2012