Humanitarian Intervention in Contemporary Conflict

by Oliver Ramsbotham and Tom Woodhouse

This timely book is a wide-ranging assessment of the international response to devastating contemporary conflicts, such as those in Bosnia, Somalia and Rwanda. As such, it is the first comprehensive account and examination of humanitarian intervention in the post-cold war period. After a thorough survey of the traditional debates, the authors concentrate on an analysis of contemporary conflict, using illustrations from a range of post-cold war examples...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745615112
• ISBN13: 9780745615110
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"