Understanding the humanitarian world /
Daniel Maxwell and Kirsten Heidi Gelsdorf.
- pages cm.
- Routledge global institutions series .
Includes bibliographical references.
The origins of contemporary humanitarian action : from the early beginnings to World War II -- Humanitarian action in the Cold War and its aftermath -- Humanitarian action in the twenty-first century -- Contemporary humanitarian actors -- Contemporary humanitarian architecture and action -- Changes in policy and practice -- Unresolved (and unresolvable?) : understanding the humanitarian world in the twenty-first century.
9780367232931 (hbk) 9780367233013 (pbk)
2018052937
Humanitarian intervention--History. Humanitarian assistance--History. Humanitarianism--History. World politics--20th century. World politics--21st century.