Rooted in kennedys own experience in numerous humanitarian efforts the book examines campaigns for human rights refugee protection economic development and for humanitarian limits to the conduct of war. The impulse to make the world more just more secure more fair more humane in short survives exposure to the dark sides of international humanitarianism but the dark sides i have described are also resilient aspiring to good humanitarians too often mute awareness that their best ideas can have bad consequences. David kennedy reveals international human rights as a noble cause easily perverted when ideals substitute for thought he wisely asks advocates and policy makers to look at the real needs of real people in real distress and avoid the seduction of lofty aspiration a wise and sobering look at a field in particular need of wisdom and sobriety. The dark sides of virtue reassessing international humanitarianism kennedy david on amazoncom free shipping on qualifying offers the dark sides of virtue reassessing international humanitarianism. Buy the dark sides of virtue reassessing international humanitarianism new ed by kennedy david isbn 8601416954912 from amazons book store everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders