Review Essays

Recently Received Books: Humanitarianism, Intervention & Terrorism

 

How We Missed the Story: Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, and the Hijacking of Afghanistan

How We Missed the Story:
Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, and the Hijacking of Afghanistan

By Roy Gutman

Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace, 2008. 321pp.

* Cross-listed in Theory, Philosophy & History
& Regional: Asia

International Justice and Impunity: The Case of the United States

International Justice and Impunity: The Case of the United States
Edited by Nils Andersson, Daniel Iagolnitzer & Diana G. Collier

Atlanta, GA: Clarity Press, 2008. 298pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional: Europe & the West
& War, War Crimes, & Genocide

Counterinsurgency and the Global War on Terror:

Counterinsurgency and the Global War on Terror:
Military Culture and Irregular War

By Robert M. Cassidy

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2008. 211pp.

*Cross-listed in War, War Crimes, & Genocide

Burden or Benefit?: Imperial Benevolence and Its Legacies

Burden or Benefit?:
Imperial Benevolence and Its Legacies

Edited by Helen Gilbert & Chris Tiffin

Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. 2008. 229pp.

*Cross-listed in Theory, Philosophy & History

Peace Operations: Trends, Progress, and Prospects

Peace Operations:
Trends, Progress, and Prospects

Edited by Donald C. F. Daniel, Patricia Taft & Sharon Wiharta

Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press. 2008. 271pp.

*Cross-listed in International Law & Ethics

Humanitarianism Under Fire: The US and UN Intervention in Somalia

Humanitarianism Under Fire:
The US and UN Intervention in Somalia

By Kenneth R. Rutherford

Sterling, VA: Kumarian Press. 2008. 215pp.

*Cross-listed in Regional: Africa & the Middle East

Human Rights and Their Limits

Human Rights and Their Limits
By Wiktor Osiatynski

New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 2009. 241pp.

* Cross-listed in International Law & Ethics

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