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The Thin Blue Line By Conor Foley

The Thin Blue Line by Conor Foley


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Summary

Explores the humanitarianism's emergence as a multibillion-dollar industry that has played a role in defining international crises, and shaping the foreign policy of Western governments and the United Nations. This title shows how the influence of international law has been used to override the sovereignty of the poorest countries in the world.

The Thin Blue Line Summary

The Thin Blue Line: How Humanitarianism Went to War by Conor Foley

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.

The Thin Blue Line Reviews

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

About Conor Foley

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.

Additional information

GOR005410303
9781844676286
1844676285
The Thin Blue Line: How Humanitarianism Went to War by Conor Foley
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Verso Books
2010-06-15
288
N/A
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