Humanitarian crises and intervention
Subtitle: reassessing the impact of mass media
By: by Walter C. Soderlund and E. Donald Briggs.
Contributors: Briggs, E. Donald.
Publisher: Kumarian Press, Inc.; Kumarian Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Bloomfield, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
ISBN-13: 9781565492615; 9781565492622
Subjects: Humanitarian intervention; Mass media -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the problem and research methods; title: Liberia, 1990: ECOMOG I -"Operation liberty," UMOMIL; title: Somalia, 1992: UNOSOM I, UNITAF -"Operation restore hope," UNOSOM II; title: Sudan, 1992: humanitarian relief efforts confront an intractable civil war; title: Rwanda, 1994: UNAMIR I, UNAMIR II, and "Operation turquoise"; title: Haiti, 1994: "Operation restore (uphold) democracy," UNMIH; title: Burundi, 1996: United Nations and African intervention initiatives falter; title: Zaire (Democratic Republic of Congo) 1996: "Operation Assurance" -the intervention that never was; title: Sierra Leone, 1997: ECOMOG II, UNOMSIL, UNAMSIL; title: Angola, 1999: 1000 UN observers removed- 30 UN observers returned; title: East Timor (Timor-Leste) 1999: INTERFET -"Operation Warden"; title: Conclusion: Assessing the comparative impact of mass media on intervention decision-making.