A history of humanitarian intervention / Mark Swatek-Evenstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Swatek-Evenstein, Mark, author.

Standardized Title:

Geschichte der "Humanitären Intervention." English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Humanitarian intervention--History--19th century.

Humanitarian intervention.

Humanitarian intervention--History--20th century.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 278 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

The question of 'humanitarian intervention' has been a staple of international law for around 200 years, with a renewed interest in the history of the subject emerging in the last twenty years. This book provides a chronological account of the evolution of the discussion and uncovers the fictional narrative provided by international lawyers to support their conclusions on the subject, from justifications and arguments for 'humanitarian intervention', the misrepresentation of great power involvement in the Greek War of Independence in 1827, to the 'humanitarian intervention that never was', India's war with Pakistan in 1971. Relying on a variety of sources, some of them made available in English for the first time, the book provides an undogmatic, alternative history of the fight for the protection of human rights in international law.

Contents:

Introduction

The Battlegrounds of a History of "Humanitarian Intervention"

A History of "Humanitarian Intervention" in 19th Century

Humanitarian Intervention in the Era of the League of Nations

The World after 1945.

Notes:

Based on author's thesis (doctoral - Universitat Bonn, 2008) issued under title: Geschichte der "Humanitaren Intervention".

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2020).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781107449459

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