The History and Practice of Humanitarian Intervention and Aid in Africa - Hardcover

by B. Everill (Editor), J. Kaplan (Editor)

The history of humanitarian intervention has often overlooked Africa. This book brings together perspectives from history, cultural studies, international relations, policy, and non-governmental organizations to analyze the themes, continuities and discontinuities in Western humanitarian engagement with Africa.

Author Biography

Michael Aaronson, University of Surrey, UK Nina Berman, The Ohio State University, USA Christopher Clapham, Cambridge University, UK Richard Drayton, King's College London, UK Bronwen Everill, Warwick University, UK Claude Kabemba, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa Josiah Kaplan, Independent Scholar, UK Claire Leigh, Overseas Development Institute, UK Chris Saunders, University of Cape Town, South Africa Kathleen Vongsathorn, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Germany Jennifer Welsh, Oxford University, UK.