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Larry Minear And Thomas G. Weiss   Mercy Under Fire War and the Global Humanitarian Community           Westview Press Boulder San Francisco Oxford Contents   List of Illustrations ix Preface xi List of Acronyms xv Introduction 1 The Setting 13 The Changing Scene, 13 The Humanitarian, 18 The Dimensions of Humanitarian Responses, 22 International Humanitarian Law and Intervention, 30 Humanitarian Space, 38 Humanitarian, 45 Guiding Princilples 57 Relieving Life-Threatening Suffering, 60 Proportionality, 63 Nonpartisanship, 68 Independence, 73 Accountability, 77 Appropriateness, 84 Discerning the Context, 90 Keeping Sovereignty in Its Proper Place, 96 Conclusion, 102 Challenges 105 Assesment, 106 Negotiations, 111 Resource Mobilization, 116 Delivery, 119 Coordination, 126 Education and Advocacy, 129 Looking Beyond and Emergency, 131 Conclusion, 139 Interactions 141 Outside Resources, 141 Intergovernmental Organizations, 142 Bilateral Agencies, 153 Nongovernmental Organizations, 157 International Committee of the Red Cross, 164 Outside Military Forces, 168 Inside Resources, 179 Host Governments, 180 Armed Opposition Movements, 186 Local NGOs, 189 Conclusion, 195 The Future 199 The Current System: Making It Work Better, 199 Accountablity: Making It Real, 207 Prevention: Avoiding Major Emergencies, 211 Intervention: Doing It Right, 214 Triage: The Ultimate Humanitarian Nightmare, 219 Intervention: More Wrongs Do Not Make It Right, 222   Notes 227 For Further Reading 239 About the Book and Authors 245 About the Humanitarianism and War Project 247 Index 249