humanitarian intervention

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humanitarian intervention

Fighting for Darfur

public action and the struggle to stop the genocide
2011
Chronicles the six-year grassroots campaign to bring global attention to the mass atrocity in Darfur, describing how college students, celebrities, politicians, and everyday citizens are trying to stop the killings that are taking place in the region and save its people.

"If you leave us here, we will die"

how genocide was stopped in East Timor
2010
Tells the story of the genocide that occurred in East Timor after the half-island was invaded by Indonesia in 1975, and the violence that erupted again in 1999 when the population voted for independence from Indonesia, assesses the politics and history behind the events, and argues that armed intervention supported by the U.S., Australia, and the United Kingdom was the key to averting a second genocide in 1999.

Marine Corps

2013
The U.S. Marine Corps has served in every armed conflict in which the United States has been involved. Marines engage in military operations, peacekeeping missions, and provide humanitarian aid.

The sunflower

2005
After her fiance unexpectedly calls off their wedding, Christine finds herself on a mission at an orphanage in Peru, where she will eventually recover her faith and find love. From the author of The Christmas box.

The sunflower

2007
After her fiance unexpectedly calls off their wedding, Christine finds herself on a mission at an orphanage in Peru, where she will eventually recover her faith and find love. From the author of The Christmas box.

The debate about military intervention

2008
Addresses some of the issues surrounding the debate over military intervention in various areas of the world such as Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

Pure massacre

Aussie soldiers reflect on the Rwandan genocide
2010

Military might and global intervention

2012
"Allows readers to use critical thinking to create informed opinions on where they stand on the issue of military might and global intervention"--Provided by publisher.

The heart and the fist

the education of a humanitarian, the making of a Navy SEAL
2012
A memoir in which Eric Greitens discusses how his desire to make a difference led him to the world's trouble spots where he worked to serve and sick, poor, and displaced, explains his decision to join the Navy SEALS to protect the weak, and discusses how the lessons he learned in humanitarianism affected his missions in Kenya, Thailand, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

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