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In the shadow of 'just wars' : violence, politics, and humanitarian action / Médecins sans frontières ; edited by Fabrice Weissman ; translations from the French by Vincent Homolka, Roger Leverdier, and Fiona Terry ; English text edited by Fiona Terry.
- Format:
- Book
- Standardized Title:
- A l'ombre des guerres justes. English.
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Humanitarian assistance--Case studies.
- Humanitarian assistance.
- War victims--Services for--Case studies.
- War victims.
- Just war doctrine--Case studies.
- Just war doctrine.
- War victims--Services for.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 372 pages : maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, [2004]
- Summary:
- Staff at Doctors Without Borders Survey the world's bloodiest wars, emphasizing difficulties posed when humanitarian aid overlaps with foreign policy.
- Contents:
- Introduction : The sacrificial international order and humanitarian action / Jean-Hervé Bradol
- East Timor : better late than never / Gil Gonzalez-Foerster
- Sierra Leone : peace at any price / Fabrice Weissman
- Afghanistan : from 'militant monks' to crusaders / François Calas & Pierre Salignon
- North Korea : feeding totalitarianism / Fiona Terry
- Angola : woe to the vanquished / Christine Messiant
- Sudan : who benefits from humanitarian aid? / Marc Lavergne & Fabrice Weissman
- Liberia : orchestrated chaos / Jean-Hervé Jézéquel
- Chechnya : eradication of the enemy within / Thorniké Gordadzé
- Democratic Republic of Congo : victims of no importance / Marc Le Pape
- Colombia : violence versus politics / Michel Agier
- Algeria : the utility of terrorism / Chawki Amari
- Iraq : in search of a 'humanitarian crisis' / Rony Brauman & Pierre Salignon
- Kosovo : the end of an era? / David Rieff
- Humanitarian spaces : spaces of exception / Michel Agier & Françoise Bouchet-Saulnier
- Justice and humanitarian action : a conflict of interest / Eric Dachy
- The modern missionaries of Islam / Abdel-Rahman Ghandour
- Of medicines and men / Annick Hamel.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0801442818
- 9780801442810
- 0801489113
- 9780801489112
- OCLC:
- 53398145
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