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At the point of a gun
democratic dreams and armed intervention
By Rieff, David
- ISBN
- 978-0-68480-867-3
- Publisher
- New York, N.Y. : Simon & Schuster, c2005.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on May 15, 2005
Journalist Rieff (A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis ) has been a nuanced analyst of world affairs. In this current book, however, consisting of his collected articles, he seems to despair. The earlier pieces show that he was largely supportive of American and UN limited armed intervention in Kosovo and Africa, but his later pieces question his own endorsement of American military force against the backdrop of the American experience in the Iraq war. Q...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
