Freedom's Battle: The Origins of Humanitarian InterventionThis gripping and important book brings alive over two hundred years of humanitarian interventions. Freedom’s Battle illuminates the passionate debates between conscience and imperialism ignited by the first human rights activists in the 19th century, and shows how a newly emergent free press galvanized British, American, and French citizens to action by exposing them to distant atrocities. Wildly romantic and full of bizarre enthusiasms, these activists were pioneers of a new political consciousness. And their legacy has much to teach us about today’s human rights crises. |
Contents
| 11 | |
| 25 | |
The Diplomacy of Humanitarian Intervention | 39 |
GREEKS | 45 |
The Greek Revolution | 51 |
The Scio Massacre 5555889 | 67 |
The Massacres | 72 |
The London Greek Committee | 76 |
Navarino | 137 |
SYRIANS | 153 |
Napoléon the Little | 159 |
Occupying Syria | 190 |
Mission Creep | 213 |
The Eastern Question | 239 |
242 | 437 |
266 | 444 |
Public Opinion | 83 |
Americans and Greeks | 88 |
Lord Byrons War | 100 |
Canning | 102 |
The Holy Alliance | 115 |
A Rumor of Slaughter | 123 |
The RussoTurkish | 458 |
The Uses of History | 467 |
The Domestic Politics of Humanitarian | 476 |
Acknowledgments | 483 |
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