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THE NEW KILLING FIELDS
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| By: |
Kira Brunner, Nicolaus Mills, Michael Waltzer |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£15.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0465008038 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780465008032 |
| Publisher: |
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US |
| Pages: |
296 |
| Description: |
Revisiting Cambodia, Yugoslavia, Rwanda and East Timor - sites of four of the worst instances of state-sponsored killing in the last half of the 20th century - this text reconsiders the success and failure of US and UN military and humanitarian intervention and looks at the future of peacekeeping. |
| Synopsis: |
A prize-winning group of war reporters and analysts looks back on the killing fields of the late twentieth century and poses provocative questions for the future of human rights. The New Killing Fields revisits Cambodia, Yugoslavia, Rwanda, and East Timor-sites of four of the worst instances of state-sponsored killing in the last half of the twentieth century-in order to reconsider the success and failure of US and U. N. military and humanitarian intervention. Through original essays and reporting by, among others, David Rieff, Peter Maass, Philip Gourevitch, William Shawcross, George Packer, Bill Berkeley, and Samantha Power, The New Killing Fields reaches beyond headlines to ask vital questions about the future of peacekeeping in the next century. In addition, theoretical essays by Michael Walzer and Michael Ignatieff frame the issue of both past and future intervention in terms of today's post-Cold War reality. As human rights abuses increasingly occur in "failed states" such as Afghanistan, which pose international security threats, the future of human rights will not be, as it once was, considered solely a question of the beneficence and charity of the West.The prominent group of reporters and academics assembled here ponder these questions in light of their extensive experience, and reveal a fascinating set of conclusions, and further questions, about the future of human rights in the next century. |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Basic Books |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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