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- History and Hope: The International Humanitarian Reader
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: Fordham University Press
- Series: International Humanitarian Affairs
History and Hope: The International Humanitarian Reader provides a better understanding—both within and outside academia—of the multifaceted demands posed by humanitarian assistance programs. The Reader is a compilation of the most important chapters in the twelve-volume International Humanitarian Affairs book series published by Fordham University Press. Each selected chapter has been edited and updated.
In addition, the series editor, Kevin M. Cahill, M.D., has written, among other chapters, an introductory essay explaining the academic evolution of the discipline of humanitarian assistance. It focuses on the “Fordham Experience”: its Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs (IIHA) has developed practical programs for training fieldworkers, especially those dealing with complex emergencies following conflicts and man-made or
natural disasters.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. 1-6
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- pp. xiii-xviii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xix-xx
- Introduction
- pp. 1-12
- Part I. History
- pp. 13-35
- Humanitarian Vignettes
- pp. 40-42
- Part II. Principles/Values
- pp. 53-75
- Neutrality or Impartiality
- pp. 54-68
- Terrorism: Theory and Reality
- pp. 97-111
- A Human Rights Agenda for Global Security
- pp. 112-122
- Part III. Evolving Norms
- pp. 123-145
- The Limits of Sovereignty
- pp. 124-139
- The Child Protection Viewpoint
- pp. 140-154
- Humanitarian Action in a New Barbarian Age
- pp. 169-176
- Part IV. Actors
- pp. 177-199
- The Peacekeeping Prescription
- pp. 208-221
- The Academy and Humanitarian Action
- pp. 235-242
- Disasters and the Media
- pp. 255-269
- Part V. Operational
- pp. 287-309
- Part VI. Exit Strategies
- pp. 339-361
- The Transition from Conflict to Peace
- pp. 346-355
- Humanitarianism’s Age of Reason
- pp. 356-369
- Healing with a Single History
- pp. 370-380
- Part VII. Epilogue
- pp. 381-403
- The Evolution of a Tropicalist
- pp. 382-388
- Disturb Us, O Lord
- pp. 389-390
- Appendix: The IIHA Resource Library
- pp. 391-392
- List of Contributors
- pp. 429-432
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