Humanitarian intervention in the long nineteenth century : setting the precedent /

Heraclides, Alexis,

Humanitarian intervention in the long nineteenth century : setting the precedent / Alexia Heraclides and Ada Dialla. - Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2015. - 1 online resource : illustrations. - Humanitarianism : key debates and new approaches . - Humanitarianism (Series) .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-240) and index.

Humanitarian intervention today Theory. Introduction ; The origins of the idea of humanitarian intervention : just war and against tyranny ; Eurocentrism, 'civilization' and the 'barbarians' ; International law and humanitarian intervention ; Intervention and non-intervention in international political theory Practice. Introduction ; Intervention in the Greek War of Independence, 1821-32 ; Intervention in Lebanon and Syria, 1860-61 ; The Bulgarian atrocities : a bird's eye view of intervention with emphasis on Britain, 1875-78 ; The Balkan crisis of 1875-78 and Russia : between humanitarianism and pragmatism ; The US and Cuba, 1895-98 Conclusion. Assessment.

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Humanitarian intervention--History--19th century.
Humanitarian intervention--Case studies.
LAW--International.
Humanitarian intervention.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General



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