Humanitarian Intervention in the Long Nineteenth Century: Setting the Precedent
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Humanitarian Intervention in the Long Nineteenth Century: Setting the Precedent
By (Author) Alexis Heraclides
By (author) Ada Dialla
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
2nd June 2015
United Kingdom
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Tertiary Education
327.117
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Hardback
272
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
Description
This book is a comprehensive presentation of humanitarian intervention in theory and practice during the course of the nineteenth century. Through four case studies, it sheds new light on the international law debate and the political theory on intervention, linking them to ongoing issues, and paying particular attention to the lesser known Russian dimension. The book begins by tracing the genealogy of the idea of humanitarian intervention to the Renaissance, evaluating the Eurocentric gaze of the civilisation-barbarity dichotomy, and elucidates the international legal arguments of both advocates and opponents of intervention, as well as the views of major political theorists. It then goes on to examine four cases as humanitarian interventions: the Greek War of Independence (1821-31), the Lebanon and Syria (1860-61), the Bulgarian atrocities (1876-78), and the U.S. intervention in Cuba (1895-98). Humanitarian intervention in the long nineteenth century will be of benefit to scholars and students of International Relations, international history, international law and international political theory. -- .
Reviews
Sadly, the book is of acute relevance today, at a time when, amidst the ruins of states that have crumbled, humanitarian crises have broken out the world over. The book will be of interest not only to scholars of Ottoman history and international relations in the nineteenth century, but also to politicians and experts dealing with humanitarian intervention as both a concept and practice.
Krisztin Csaplr-Degovics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungarian Historical Review 5, No 4 (2016)
Author Bio
Alexis Heraclides is Professor of International Relations and Conflict Resolution at the Department of Political Science and History of the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens
Ada Dialla is Assistant Professor of European History at the Department of Theory and History of Art, Athens School of Fine Arts
