Ethics and Politics of Humanitarian Intervention

Stanley Hoffmann (d. 2015) was a professor of Government and the D. Douglas Dillon Professor of the Civilization of France at Harvard University. Hoffman is the author of many books, including Living with Nuclear Weapons (1983), The European Sisyphus: Essays on Europe (1995), and After the Cold War (1993).

". . .a well-reasoned account of why traditional norms of sovereignty have been eroded and why the case for humanitarian intervention is more compelling now than previously." —Foreign Affairs"In The Ethics and Politics of Humanitarian Intervention, the eminent Stanley Hoffman takes on the task of coming up with guidelines that preserve the moral purpose of humanitarian aid and intervention . . . . What he comes up with is specific and nuanced." —Slate". . .a stimulating collection of essays on one of the most complex ethical issues of our time." —The Ethnic Conflict Research Digest