Humanitarian Crises and Intervention: Reassessing the Impact of Mass Media

Author:   Walter Soderlund ,  E. Donald Briggs ,  Kai Hilldebrandt ,  Abdel Salam Sidahmed
Publisher:   Kumarian Press
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9781565492622


Pages:   356
Publication Date:   01 September 2008
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Author:   Walter Soderlund ,  E. Donald Briggs ,  Kai Hilldebrandt ,  Abdel Salam Sidahmed
Publisher:   Kumarian Press
Imprint:   Kumarian Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9781565492622


ISBN 10:   1565492625
Pages:   356
Publication Date:   01 September 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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1) Introduction: The Problem and Research Methods; 2) Liberia, 1990: ECOMOG I -""""Operation Liberty,"""" UMOMIL; 3) Somalia, 1992: UNOSOM I, UNITAF -""""Operation Restore Hope,"""" UNOSOM II; 4) Sudan, 1992: Humanitarian Relief Efforts Confront an Intractable Civil War; 5) Rwanda, 1994: UNAMIR I, UNAMIR II, and """"Operation Turquoise""""; 6) Haiti, 1994: """"Operation Restore (Uphold) Democracy,"""" UNMIH; 7) Burundi, 1996: United Nations and African Intervention Initiatives Falter; 8) Zaire (Democratic Republic of Congo) 1996: """"Operation Assurance"""" -The Intervention that Never Was; 9) Sierra Leone, 1997: ECOMOG II, UNOMSIL, UNAMSIL; 10) Angola, 1999: 1000 UN Observers Removed- 30 UN Observers Returned; 11) East Timor (Timor-Leste) 1999: INTERFET -""""Operation Warden""""; 12) Conclusion: Assessing the Comparative Impact of Mass Media on Intervention Decision-making.

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E. Donald Briggs (Ph.D., University of London, 1961) is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Windsor where he taught international relations and African politics from 1963 until his retirement in 1999. Walter C. Soderlund (Ph.D., University of Michigan 1970) is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science at the University of Windsor. He is the author of Media Definitions of Cold War Reality and Mass Media and Foreign Policy, as well as the co-editor of Television Advertising in Canadian Elections, Profiles of Canada, and Canadian Newspaper Ownership in the Era of Convergence. Kai Hildebrandt (Ph.D., University of Michigan 1990) is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Windsor. He co-authored Germany in Transition (1981) and co-edited Television Advertising in Canadian Elections (1999). Abdel Salam Sidahmed (Ph.D., Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, 1991) is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Windsor. From 1995 to 2005 he held a number of positions at the International Secretariat, Amnesty International, London, including the post of Director of the Middle East Program. His authored and co-authored publications include: Sudan (2005 -in the Routledge Curzon contemporary Middle East Series) Politics and Islam in Contemporary Sudan (1997) and Islamic Fundamentalism (1996 -nominated for the 1998 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order).

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