The Thin Blue Line: How Humanitarianism Went to War

by Conor Foley (Author)

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  Paperback
  2010

  $3.25

  This is an acclaimed exploration of humanitarianism's emergence as a multibillion-dollar industry that has played a leading role in defining international crises, and shaping the foreign policy of Western governments and the United Nations. Drawing on his own experience as an aid worker in over a dozen conflict and post-conflict zones, Conor Foley shows how the growing influence of international law has been used to override the sovereignty of the poorest countries in the world.

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  Hardcover
  2008

  $3.25

  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. This book explores how the doctrine of humanitarian intervention has been used to allow states to invade other nations in the name of human rights.