Against Massacre: Humanitarian Interventions in the Ottoman Empire, 1815-1914: The Emergence of a European Concept and International Pra

by Davide Rodogno

Book Overview

Against Massacre looks at the rise of humanitarian intervention in the nineteenth century, from the fall of Napoleon to the First World War. Examining the concept from a historical perspective, Davide Rodogno explores the understudied cases of European interventions and noninterventions in the Ottoman Empire and brings a new view to this international practice for the contemporary era.

While it is commonly believed that humanitarian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691151334
• ISBN13: 9780691151335
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.3"