Hard Choices - Moral Dilemmas in Humanitarian Intervention (Paperback)

Since Somalia, the international community has found itself changing its view of humanitarian intervention. Operations designed to alleviate suffering and achieve peace sometimes produce damaging results. The United Nations, nongovernmental organizations, military and civilian agencies alike find themselves in the midst of confusion and weakness where what they seek are clarity and stability. Competing needs, rights, and values can obscure even the best international efforts to quell violence and assuage crises of poverty. More attention must be paid to the complexity of issues and moral dilemmas involved. This volume of original essays by international policy leaders, practitioners, and scholars brings together insights into the conflicting moral pressures present in different kinds of interventions ranging from Rwanda and Somalia to Haiti, Cambodia, and Bosnia. From their various cultural and professional perspectives the authors cover issues of human rights, sanctions, arms trade, refugees, HIV, and the media. Together they make the case that, although there are no easy answers, moral reflection and content can improve the quality of decisionmaking and intervention in internal conflicts. Published under the auspices of The International Committee of the Red Cross.

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 1998
First published:	1999
Editors:	Jonathan Moore
Contributors:	Mary B. Anderson • Kofi A Annan • Rony Brauman • Romeo A. Dallaire • Richard J. Goldstone • Colin T Granderson • Pierre Hassner • J. Bryan Hehir • Michael Ignatieff
Dimensions:	230 x 146 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-0-8476-9031-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > General Books > Business & Economics > Economics > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General
LSN:	0-8476-9031-8
Barcode:	9780847690312

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