History and Hope: The International Humanitarian Reader (International Humanitarian Affairs) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0823251977 ISBN 13: 9780823251971

Publisher: Fordham University Press, 2013

Synopsis

History and Hope: The International Humanitarian Affairs Reader provides a better understanding - both within and outside academia - of the multifaceted demands posed by humanitarian assistance programs. The Reader is a compilation of the most important chapters in the twelve-volume International Humanitarian Affairs book series published by Fordham University Press. Each selected chapter has been updated with relevant and important current information. In addition, the series editor, Kevin M. Cahill, M.D., has written an introductory essay explaining the academic evolution of the discipline of humanitarian assistance. It focuses on the "Fordham Experience": Its Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs (IIHA) has developed practical programs for training field workers, especially those dealing with complex emergencies following conflicts and human-made or natural disasters. The contributors to History and Hope: The International Humanitarian Affairs Reader are leading figures in international diplomacy, relief and refugee operations, and conflict resolution and reconciliation. They include: Valerie Amos; Kofi Annan; Judy Benjamin; Boutros Boutros-Ghali; Frederick Burkle, M.D. ; Kevin M. Cahill, M.D.; Francis Deng; Alain Destexhe; Richard Falk; Richard Goldstone; Paul Grossreider; Peter Hansen; Timothy Harding, M.D.; Larry Hollingworth; Christopher Holshek; Irene Kahn; Pamela Lupton-Bowers; Joseph O'Hare, S.J.; David Rieff; Sam Rose; Richard Ryscavage, S.J.; Ghassan Salame; Nicola Smith; Peter Tarnoff; Jeremy Toye; Ed Tsui; Michel Veuthey; Margareta Wahlstrom; and Alec Wargo.

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Review:

“The pursuit of the goals of humanitarianism whether through assistance or intervention has no single way, follows no preconceived pattern. Almost by definition each experience
is different. This means, more perhaps than in any other human activity, that practitioners have to be ready to learn from experience and adapt to circumstance. As the editor, contributor and inspiration of this much needed book, Kevin M. Cahill brings the insights of a clinician in tropical medicine and public health, as well as those of an academic in humanitarian studies. Standing behind the book are twelve volumes still with much relevance to present issues into which readers can delve. Kevin M. Cahill and his distinguished fellow authors have distilled in this Reader much wisdom of lasting value.”

Source: ―From the Foreword by Lord David Owen

“This Reader is the result of the long struggle to link academia and humanitarian action. Ultimately, preserving “humanitarian space” will be imperative. Only the education of a
committed cadre of trained professionals will be able to secure the traditions of neutrality, impartiality, and independence. In this Reader the history and hope of that endeavor seem to blend and rhyme into a poetic and noble assertion, one of undoubted reality but softened by the romance of universal love. The seeds of experience will, hopefully, be allowed to blossom into wisdom. Future generations will have to continue the endless effort to relieve unnecessary suffering and promote universal justice and peace. This Reader should help guide the way forward. That surely is my intent.”

Source: ―From the Introduction by Kevin M. Cahill, M.D.

About the Author:

Kevin M. Cahill, M.D., is University Professor and Director of Fordham University's Institute
for International Humanitarian Affairs and Clinical Professor of Tropical Medicine and Molecular Parasitology at New York University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0823251977
• ISBN 13: 9780823251971
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464
• Editor: Cahill Kevin M.