Humanitarian Intervention and the United Nations

Explores the UN's track record of military action, from the cold war to today's fractured globalisation

Explores the UN''s track record of military action, from cold war ''brushfire'' peacekeeping to the fractured globalisation of the contemporary worldMacQueen assesses armed humanitarian intervention on a region-by-region basis, from the Balkans to Africa, the Middle East to Southeast Asia. Using empirical evidence, he compiles a ''balance sheet'' of the UN''s successes and failures and asks hard questions about humanitarian intervention''s short and long-term value.* Presents a concise analytical overview of the theoretical, moral and practical issues* Case study chapters on sub-Saharan Africa, the Balkans and East Timor* Confronts hard questions about the short and long-term value of these interventions

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