The Thin Blue Line

by Foley, Conor

• ISBN13: 9781844676286
• ISBN10: 1844676285
• Edition: 00
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-06-15
• Publisher: Amazon.Com

Summary

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. Yet from Kosovo to Iraq, military interventions have gone disastrously wrong. The Thin Blue Line describes how in the last twenty years humanitarianism has emerged as a multibillion-dollar industry that has played a leading role in defining humanitarian crises, and shaping the foreign policy of Western governments and the United Nations. Drawing on his own experience of working in over a dozen conflict and post-conflict zones, Foley shows how the growing influence of international law has been used to override the sovereignty of the poorest countries in the world.

Author Biography

A humanitarian aid worker, Conor Foley has been employed by a variety of human rights and humanitarian organizations, including Liberty, Amnesty International and the UNHCR, in Kosovo, Afghanistan, Colombia, Brazil, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Liberia, Northern Uganda, the Caucasus and Bosnia-Herzegovina. His books include Combating Torture.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Human Rights and Humanitarians	p. 21
Humanitarian Interventions	p. 44
Kosovo	p. 68
Afghanistan	p. 94
Sri Lanka and Indonesia	p. 120
A Responsibility to Protect	p. 145
Justice and Peace	p. 171
Humanitarian Accountability	p. 196
Conclusion: The New Imperialists?	p. 219
Acknowledgements	p. 239
Notes	p. 241
Index	p. 261
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