The charity of nations : humanitarian action in a calculating world / Ian Smillie and Larry Minear.

Author/creator Smillie, Ian
Other author Minear, Larry, 1936-
Format Book
Publication InfoBloomfield, CT : Kumarian Press, ©2004.
Descriptionix, 276 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents The humanitarian enterprise today -- Forgetting Sierra Leone -- East Timor : the perfect emergency -- Afghanistan : back to the future -- Alarums and excursions -- Foreign policy imperatives -- Domestic considerations : me first -- Scenes of riot : the humanitarian free-for-all -- Trust and mistrust : assessing needs, judging performance -- The way ahead.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 263-264) and index.
LCCN 2004010847
ISBN1565491904 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9781565491908 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1565491912 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9781565491915 (cloth : alk. paper)
Stock number1238701 QBI