TY - BOOK AU - Maxwell,Daniel G. AU - Gelsdorf,Kirsten Heidi TI - Understanding the humanitarian world T2 - Routledge global institutions series SN - 9780367232931 (hbk) AV - JZ6369 MAX 2019 PY - 2019/// CY - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY PB - Routledge KW - Humanitarian intervention KW - History KW - Humanitarian assistance KW - Humanitarianism KW - World politics KW - 20th century KW - 21st century N1 - 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 ER -