Michael Barnett, Thomas G. Weiss

Gebundenes Buch

Humanitarianism Contested

Where Angels Fear to Tread

Beschreibung

This book provides a succinct but sophisticated understanding of humanitarianism and on-going dilemmas and tensions that have accompanied it since its origins in the early 19th century until the 21st century.

Autor

Michael Barnett is a retired Civil Engineer from Wellington, New Zealand. Initially, he worked as a geotechnician before moving to Chicago in 1967 to undertake advanced studies in Civil Engineering. During a career spanning fifty years, he travelled extensively in the 1970s, working in countries as diverse as Samoa, Spain, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Indonesia, the UAE, the USA, Australia, and latterly in Chile, Peru, Columbia, and Southeast Asia. Michael is a writer and a thinker with a special interest in national and international affairs. He reads extensively and writes about the political issues of the day, including their historical context.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 380g
• ISBN-13: 9780415496636
• ISBN-10: 0415496632
• Artikelnr.: 32731166