Humanitarian crises and intervention :

Humanitarian crises and intervention : reassessing the impact of mass media / Walter C. Soderlund ... [et al.]. - Sterling, VA : Kumarian Press, 2008. - xiv, 335 p. : maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-320) and index.

Introduction: the problem and research methods / Walter C. Soderlund, E. Donald Briggs, and Kai Hildebrandt -- Liberia, 1990: ECOMOG I, "Operation liberty," UMOMIL / Walter C. Soderlund -- Somalia, 1992: UNOSOM I, UNITAF, "Operation restore hope," UNOSOM II / E. Donald Briggs and Walter C. Soderlund -- Sudan, 1992: humanitarian relief efforts confront an intractable civil war / Abdel Salam Sidahmed and Walter C. Soderlund -- Rwanda, 1994: UNAMIR I, UNAMIR II, and "Operation turquoise" / Walter C. Soderlund and E. Donald Briggs -- Haiti, 1994: "Operation restore (uphold) democracy," UNMIH / Walter C. Soderlund and E. Donald Briggs -- Burundi, 1996: United Nations and African intervention initiatives falter / Walter C. Soderlund -- Zaire (Democratic Republic of Congo) 1996: "Operation assurance," the intervention that never was / Walter C. Soderlund and E. Donald Briggs -- Sierra Leone, 1997: ECOMOG II, UNOMSIL, UNAMSIL / Walter C. Soderlund -- Angola, 1999: 1,000 UN observers removed, 30 UN civilian observers returned / E. Donald Briggs and Walter C. Soderlund -- East Timor (Timor-Leste), 1999: INTERFET, "Operation warden" / Walter C. Soderlund and E. Donald Briggs -- Conclusion: Assessing the comparative impact of mass media on intervention decision-making / Walter C. Soderlund and E. Donald Briggs.

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