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Author Zolo, Danilo, author.

Title Invoking humanity : war, law and global order / Danilo Zolo ; translated by Federico and Gordon Poole.

Publication Info. London : Continuum, 2002.

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Description 1 online resource (224 pages) : maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Political theory and contemporary politics
Political theory and contemporary politics.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-203) and indexes.
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
Contents Cover; Contents; Preface to the English Edition; Introduction; 1 Imperial Mapping and Balkan Nationalism; 2 Why the War Was Fought; 3 A War against Law; 4 An International ''Political Justice''; 5 The Consequences of the War; Conclusion; From Kosovo Polje to Seattle: Historico-political Chronology, 1389-1999; Selected Bibliography; Name Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Summary * Powerful, passionate and highly topical critique of humanitarian intervention* International political theorist with eight top-selling books""Whoever invokes humanity wants to cheat.""In this first time translation in English, Danilo Zolo considers Carl Schmitt''s maxim in the context of the ""humanitarian war"" waged against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the Spring of 1999 by 19 NATO countries. This erudite and disturbing book is a political, legal and philosophical reflection on an extraordinary display of Western Power and its present and future impact on the global system of inte.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Kosovo War (1998-1999)
Kosovo War, 1998-1999.
Europe -- Politics and government -- 1989-
Europe.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1989-
Since 1989
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Added Author Poole, Federico, translator.
Poole, Gordon, translator.
Added Title Chi dice umanità. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2001040407
Other Form: Print version: Zolo, Danilo. Invoking humanity : war, law and global order. London : Continuum, 2002 xiii, 209 pages ; 22 cm. Political theory and contemporary politics 9780826456557 (DLC) 2001047479
ISBN 9781441179722 (electronic book)
1441179720 (electronic book)
0826456553
0826456561 (paperback)
9780826456557
9780826456564 (paperback)