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“larry minear”

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  • Mercy Under Fire

    War and the Global Humanitarian Community

    by Larry Minear ...
    From Bosnia to Somalia, and most recently from Rwanda to Angola and the Sudan, humanitarian aid and international interventions have gone awry. Although the need for humanitarian assistance has not diminished in the wake of the Cold War, success stories will almost certainly be harder to come by. This book addresses that grim prospect. Based on sch ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • The Challenges of Famine Relief

    Emergency Operations

    by Francis M. Deng, Larry Minear ...
    For nearly a decade, international efforts to combat famine and food shortages around the globe have concentrated on the critical situations in sub-Saharan Africa. In the Sudan, the largest country in Africa, prolonged drought, complicated by civil strife and debilitating economic problems, has caused widespread human suffering. The Sudan illustrates the proverbial worst-case scenario in which ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Through Veterans' Eyes

    by Larry Minear ...
    As of early 2010, more than two million U.S. troops have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Yet the American public is neither much engaged in the issues of these two wars nor particularly knowledgeable about the troops experiences, which have ranged from positive and energizing to searing and debilitating. Based on scores of interview--some culled from the Library of Congress Veterans History ... Read more

    $21.95 USD

  • Hard Choices

    Moral Dilemmas in Humanitarian Intervention

    by Mary B. Anderson, Kofi A. Annan, Rony Brauman, Romeo A. Dallaire, Richard J. Goldstone, Colin T. Granderson, Pierre Hassner, J Bryan Hehir, Ian Martin, Larry Minear, Elizabeth Reid, Mohamed Sahnoun, Mu Sochua, Roger Williamson, José Zalaquett, Cornelio Sommaruga, Michael Ignatieff ...
    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. ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

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  • The Great Convergence

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  • Getting Back in the Game

    A Foreign Policy Handbook for Canada

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    Has Canada lost its place in the world? Are we destined for a future as a middle power, denied a seat at the "grown-ups table"? Some would argue yes, that decades of neglect and inattention have rendered Canadian foreign policy ineffective at best and non-existent at worst.Paul Heinbecker disagrees. The golden days of Lester B. Pearson may be long gone, he contends (and perhaps they weren't quite ... Read more

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  • The China Challenge

    Shaping the Choices of a Rising Power

    by Thomas J. Christensen ...
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  • Winning the War on War

    The Decline of Armed Conflict Worldwide

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    Meeting the Challenge of a Changing World

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    Canada's Global Future

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  • The Beijing Consensus

    Legitimizing Authoritarianism in Our Time

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