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U.S. Foreign Policy and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Humanitarian Relief in Complex Emergencies
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Andrew S. Natsios
ISBN: 0-275-95921-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-95921-0
216 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 3/30/1997
List Price: $28.95 (UK Sterling Price: £19.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Paperback
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Series Title: The Washington Papers
Description: This book explores the emerging phenomenon of complex humanitarian emergencies and the evolving policies of the United States in responding to these emergencies. In addition, Andrew Natsios examines the relationship of disaster response to U.S. foreign policy and national interest, and makes suggestions for improving both relief strategies and systems for designing those strategies.

This book explores the emerging phenomenon of complex humanitarian emergencies and the evolving policies of the United States in responding to these emergencies. In addition, Andrew Natsios examines the relationship of disaster response to U.S. foreign policy and national interest, and makes suggestions for improving both relief strategies and systems for designing those strategies.

To these issues Natsios brings his first-hand experience in numerous key positions. Mr. Natsios provides case study analysis from these experiences over the past five years to illustrate the arguments presented in the book, particularly regarding Somalia, Angola, Sudan, Panama, and Kuwait and Kurdistan following the Gulf War. As former president George Bush indicates in his foreword to the volume, this book will make a substantive contribution to continuing and enhancing vitally important work. Of great interest to scholars, researchers, and policy makers in the areas of contemporary American foreign policy and humanitarian activities abroad.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
    Summary
    Anatomy of a Complex Humanitarian Emergency
    Complex Humanitarian Emergencies and U.S. National Interest
    The Bureaucratic Politics of Disasters
    Nongovernmental Organizations
    The United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross
    The U.S. Military and Complex Humanitarian Emergencies
    The Policy Influence of the News Media
    On Strategy
    Notes
    Index
About the Author: ANDREW S. NATSIOS served as director of the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance in USAID during the Bush administration, as President Bush's special coordinator of Somalia relief, as vice president of World Vision, a leading international nongovernmental organization involved in disaster responses, and as a civil affairs officer in the U.S. Army reserves.
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