The humanitarian intervention debate

Humanitarian Intervention: Ethical, Legal and Political Dilemmas

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 15-52

  Holzgrefe, J L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511494000.002     Document Type: Chapter

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