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Moral dilemmas for humanitarianism in the era of “humanitarian” military interventions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 April 2010

Beat Schweizer
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International Review of the Red Cross , Volume 86 , Issue 855 , September 2004 , pp. 547 - 564
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Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 2004

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