Sword & salve : confronting new wars and humanitarian crises /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Md. :
Rowman & Littlefield,
[2006]
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| Series: | New millennium books in international studies.
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Table of Contents:
- Concepts and connections of war and humanitarianism
- The lexicon
- War's impact on humanitarianism : triggering crises and eliciting responses
- Humanitarianism's influence on war : inspiring norms and altering outcomes
- Change and continuity in war and humanitarianism
- Putting the lenses together
- Foundations
- The rise of interstate war
- The birth of the international humanitarian system
- The founding era in historical perspective
- "New wars"?
- So, what's new?
- Fragmented authority and meaningless borders : a new locus
- The proliferation of nonstate actors : new agents
- Illegal economies, plunder, and aid : new economies
- The prevalence of civilian casualties: new targets and victims
- The revolution in military affairs : new technologies
- Windows on war : new media power
- "New wars" in historical perspective
- "New humanitarianisms"
- So, what's new?
- Creating space and access
- Engagement dilemmas : negotiating access with agents
- Economies of war, economies of aid
- The responsibility to protect war victims and aid personnel
- Taming deadly technologies
- Maximizing media attention to humanitarian crises
- "New humanitarianisms" in historical perspective
- Humanitarianism and collective action
- The panacea of "coordination"
- Three threads of collective action: cooperation, centralization, and integration
- Divergent perceptions of needs, priorities, and sequences
- Differences in tactical engagements
- The value of independent and diverse operations
- The blowback from insecurity
- Institutional rivalries
- Collective pursuits and "atomized" action
- Making sense of Afghanistan and Iraq
- So, what's really new?
- Humanitarian crises in Afghanistan and Iraq
- Hybrid wars on terrorism and for empire
- Al Qaeda as spoiler and hostile aid recipients
- Big business in oil, war, and reconstruction
- Conspicuous economic interests in relief and protection
- Acute security threats to aid personnel and journalists
- High technology versus high-enough technology
- The international spotlight
- The collective and cumulative challenges of turf wars
- Humanitarian strategic thinking
- and doing
- Assessing change in humanitarianism : the case for strategic thinking and doing
- Learning cultures and adaptation : military institutions versus humanitarian agencies
- Strategic review : humanitarian power and position
- Sharpening strategies and crafting capacities
- Soothing tomorrow's wars with stronger salves?