The Thin Blue Line: How Humanitarianism Went to War

Author:   Conor Foley
Publisher:   Verso Books
ISBN:  

9781844676286


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   15 June 2010
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Conor Foley
Publisher:   Verso Books
Imprint:   Verso Books
Dimensions:   Width: 13.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.309kg
ISBN:  

9781844676286


ISBN 10:   1844676285
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   15 June 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Foley provides a very useful, and alternative, review of the roots of contemporary political humanitarianism. Maria Ryan, Journal of American Studies When can massive and systematic violations of human rights within one state justify a foreign intervention? Today, few questions are more pressing. With this vital and necessary book Conor Foley outlines an important agenda for change. Philippe Sands QC, author of Lawless World and Torture Team . Fascinating and important ... rigorous and nuanced. Steven Poole, Guardian Poised to influence debate ... Foley's treatment of the court's legal issues is informed and direct. New York Times Book Review


Fascinating and important ... rigorous and nuanced.A Steven Poole, Guardian Poised to influence debate ... Foley's treatment of the court's legal issues is informed and direct.A New York Times Book Review


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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.

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