Freedom's Battle: The Origins of Humanitarian Intervention

ISBN-13: 9780307279873 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 528 str.

Gary J. Bass

Opis

This gripping and important book brings alive over two hundred years of humanitarian interventions. Freedom s Battle illuminates the passionate debates between conscience and imperialism ignited by the first human rights activists in the 19th century, and shows how a newly emergent free press galvanized British, American, and French citizens to action by exposing them to distant atrocities. Wildly romantic and full of bizarre enthusiasms, these activists were pioneers of a new political consciousness. And their legacy has much to teach us about today s human rights crises."