In the shadow of 'just wars' : violence, politics, and humanitarian action /

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Uniform title:A l'ombre des guerres justes. English.
Imprint:Ithaca : Cornell University Press, c2004.
Description:xi, 372 p. : maps ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5175313
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Other authors / contributors:Weissman, Fabrice, 1969-
Médecins sans frontières (Association)
ISBN:0801442818 (cloth)
0801489113 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the sacrificial international order and humanitarian action / Jean-Herve Bradol
  • 1. East Timor : better late than never / Gil Gonzalez-Foerster
  • 2. Sierra Leone : peace at any price / Fabrice Weissman
  • 3. Afghanistan : from 'militant monks' to crusaders / Francois Calas and Pierre Salignon
  • 4. North Korea : feeding totalitarianism / Fiona Terry
  • 5. Angola : woe to the vanquished / Christine Messiant
  • 6. Sudan : who benefits from humanitarian aid? / Marc Lavergne and Fabrice Weissman
  • 7. Liberia : orchestrated chaos / Jean-Herve Jezequel
  • 8. Chechnya : eradication of the enemy within / Thornike Gordadze
  • 9. Democratic Republic of Congo : victims of no importance / Marc Le Pape
  • 10. Colombia : violence versus politics / Michel Agier
  • 11. Algeria : the utility of terrorism / Chawki Amari
  • 12. Iraq : in search of a 'humanitarian crisis' / Rony Brauman and Pierre Salignon
  • 13. Kosovo : the end of an era? / David Rieff
  • 14. Humanitarian spaces : spaces of exception / Michael Agier and Francoise Bouchet-Saulnier
  • 15. Justice and humanitarian action : a conflict of interest / Eric Dachy
  • 16. The modern missionaries of Islam / Abdel-Rahman Ghandour
  • 17. Of medicines and men / Annick Hamel.