{"product_id":"first-do-no-harm-humanitarian-intervention-and-the-destruction-of-yugoslavia-hardcover","title":"First Do No Harm: Humanitarian Intervention and the Destruction of Yugoslavia - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid N. Gibbs\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFirst Do No Harm\u003c\/i\u003e, David Gibbs raises basic questions about the humanitarian interventions that have played a key role in U.S. foreign policy for the past twenty years. Using a wide range of sources, including government documents, transcripts of international war crimes trials, and memoirs, Gibbs shows how these interventions often heightened violence and increased human suffering. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The book focuses on the 1991-99 breakup of Yugoslavia, which helped forge the idea that the United States and its allies could stage humanitarian interventions that would end ethnic strife. It is widely believed that NATO bombing campaigns in Bosnia and Kosovo played a vital role in stopping Serb-directed aggression, and thus resolving the conflict. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gibbs challenges this view, offering an extended critique of Samantha Power's Pulitzer Prize-winning book, \u003ci\u003eA Problem from Hell: America in the Age of Genocide\u003c\/i\u003e. He shows that intervention contributed to the initial breakup of Yugoslavia, and then helped spread the violence and destruction. Gibbs also explains how the motives for U.S. intervention were rooted in its struggle for continued hegemony in Europe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eFirst Do No Harm\u003c\/i\u003e argues for a new, noninterventionist model for U.S. foreign policy, one that deploys nonmilitary methods for addressing ethnic violence.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe misuse of humanitarian intervention. Focusing on the 1991a99 breakup of Yugoslavia, David Gibbs raises basic questions about the humanitarian interventions that have played a key role in U.S. foreign policy for the past twenty years. Gibbs shows how these interventions often heightened violence and increased human suffering. First Do No Harm argues for a new, noninterventionist model for U.S. foreign policy, one that deploys nonmilitary methods for addressing ethnic violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 327\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 10 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 29, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53052386246880,"sku":"9780826516435","price":201.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/MLnSR4BLK-9780826516435.webp?v=1781291073","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/first-do-no-harm-humanitarian-intervention-and-the-destruction-of-yugoslavia-hardcover","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}