Protection Against Genocide Mission Impossible?

Subjects:

• Military Studies » Military & Politics
• Political Science » International Relations

Reviews:

• These are well-crafted essays, and the underlying theme is well made.
  —International Journal
• The volume provides a needed readable series of essays by social scientists that includes excellent introductory bibliography for the general reader as well as specialists who are looking for realistic but creative analyses to debate, analyze and support policies of genocide prevention.
  —Neal Reimer /Institute for the Study of Genocide Association of Genocide Scholars

• Endorsement From Kenneth W. Thompson
  former Director of the Miller Center and Professor Emeritus
  University of Virginia: Neal Riemer, Andrew V. Stout Professor of Political Philosophy, emeritus, Drew University, as a contributor to political theory equals most scholars working full time in a faculty....A current example, illustrated in this book, is the group of political scientists, sociologists, international lawyers, historians, and students of international organization, brought together to explore Protection Against Genocide: Mission Impossible?....Riemer has demonstrated a remarkable ability to build on the work of other scholars and disciplines and link them with his own scholarly efforts.
• Endorsement From Steven L. Jacobs
  International Editor
  The Papers of Raphael Lemkin: Neal Riemer is to be commended not only for his convening of the Colloquium which afforded these scholars and writers the opportunity to share both their thinking and their creative solutions with the rest of us, but for his judicious editing and organization of this important volume as well. The avenues addressed--moral, legal, economic, and military--and those who address them, fairly and objectively examine not only the solutions for genocide prevention but their counterarguments as well. Protection Against Genocide: Mission Impossible? is a significant and vital contribution to our ongoing dialogue about how to prevent repetitions of genocide in this twenty-first century. It merits the widest reading audience possible.
• Endorsement From Roger W. Smith
  Professor
  College of William and Mary
  Past president
  Association of Genocide Scholars: I am much impressed with your excellent new book, Protection Against Genocide. It is provocative, wide-ranging, and, most importantly, offers reasoned, cautious hope that genocide can be the protection of human rights.
• Endorsement From Richard Falk
  Professor of International Law and Practice
  Princeton University: This volume of essays offers us the most serious and sophisticated attempt to approach the persistence of genocide as a world order problem to be solved by norms and institutions. Its great value lies in manifesting the tension between the political will to eliminate genocide and the formidable obstacles to doing so. We are all challenged by such an undertaking to read carefully, and to do our best to make the "impossible" happen.
• Endorsement From Lawrence J. LeBlanc
  Professor, Marquette University: This well-organized volume of essays is a welcome addition to the growing body of literature on genocide in the post World War II period. The editor of the volume has done a wonderful job of organizing the essays around this central theme, and each chapter, while standing on its own, fits well into the overall framework of the book. The conviction of the authors that it would be possible to develop workable measures to prevent genocide is clear, but the essays are not characterized by a dreamy-eyed idealism. Instead, a compassionate realism pervades the discussions of such important topics as humanitarian intervention, economic sanctions, the use of force, and the development of an international criminal court. This excellent and provocative book will be of interest not only to scholars and students, but also to intelligent readers who are interested in international action on human rights.
• Endorsement From Stanley Hoffman
  Buttenwieser University Professor
  Harvard University: The most thorough study of the political and legal issues raised by genocide, this book is also a call for preventive action and for effective international protection of the victims. It is a considerable scholarly and ethical achievement.
• Endorsement From Barbara Harff
  Professor
  Department of Political Science
  U.S. Naval Academy: Protection Against Genocide offers a compelling antitode to the view that the world community is helpless in the face of genocidal massacres. The contributors document the emergence of a global human rights regime and describe creatively the legal and political means by which international actors can and should respond proactively to genocidal situations. Policy makers and scholars would gain much from reading this book.

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• The Urgent Need for Global Human Rights Regime by Neal Riemer
• The Evolution of the International System and its Impact on Protection Against Genocide by Douglas W. Simon
• The Three P's of Genocide Prevention: With Application to a Genocide Foretold by Helen Fein
• Economic Sanctions and Genocide: Too Little, Too Late, and Sometimes Too Much by George A. Lopez
• Can An International Criminal Court Prevent and Punish Genocide by David Wippman
• A UN Constabulary to Enforce the Law on Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity? by Saul Mendlovitz and John Fousek
• On Humanitarian Intervention by Michael Joseph Smith
• Conclusion
• Appendices
• Bibliography
• Index