The Thin Blue Line
How Humanitarianism Went to War
Published on 5. May 2020
288 pages
978-1-78960-101-5 (ISBN)
Description
The idea that we should 'do something' to help those suffering in far-off places is the main impulse driving those who care about human rights. Yet from Kosovo to Iraq, military interventions have gone disastrously wrong. The Thin Blue Line describes how in the last twenty years humanitarianism has emerged as a multibillion-dollar industry that has played a leading role in defining humanitarian crises, and shaping the foreign policy of Western governments and the United Nations. Drawing on his own experience of working in over a dozen conflict and post-conflict zones, Foley shows how the growing influence of international law has been used to override the sovereignty of the poorest countries in the world.
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Edition
Ebook UK & RoW
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Reflowable
ISBN-13
978-1-78960-101-5 (9781789601015)
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06/2010
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A humanitarian aid worker, Conor Foley has been employed by a variety of human rights and humanitarian organizations, including Liberty, Amnesty International and the UNHCR, in Kosovo, Afghanistan, Colombia, Brazil, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Liberia, Northern Uganda, the Caucasus and Bosnia-Herzegovina. His books include Combating Torture.
Content
- Cover Page
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Dedication
- Introduction
- Chapter One: Human Rights and Humanitarians
- Chapter Two: Humanitarian Interventions
- Chapter Three: Kosovo
- Chapter Four: Afghanistan
- Chapter Five: Sri Lanka and Indonesia
- Chapter Six: A Responsibility to Protect
- Chapter Seven: Justice and Peace
- Chapter Eight: Humanitarian Accountability
- Conclusion: The New Imperialists?
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Index
