World in crisis : the politics of survival at the end of the twentieth century / edited by Médecins sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders ; MSF project coordinator, Julia Groenewold, associate editor, Eve Porter
Preface / Doris Schopper -- Foreword / Rony Branman -- 1. Protection of Civilians in Conflict / Ed Schenkenberg van Mierop -- 2. Frontline Medicine: The Role of International Medical Groups in Emergency Relief / Mike Toole -- 3. International Humanitarian Action: Growing Dilemmas and New Perspectives for the Twenty-First Century / Pierre Gassmann -- 4. The Plight of the World's Refugees at the Crossroads of Protection / Francois Jean -- 5. Falling Through the Net: Outcast and Marginalised Populations / Julia Groenewold and Stephan van Praet -- 6. International Law and Reality: The Protection Gap / Iain Guest and Francoise Bouchet-Saulnier -- 7. Liberia: Can Relief Organizations Cope with the Warlords? / Fabrice Weissman -- 8. Bosnia: In Search of a Lasting Peace / Stephan Oberreit, Pierre Salignon and Renaud Tockert -- 9. Chechnya: Total War and Imperial Quagmire / Francois Jean -- 10. Rwanda Two Years After: An Ongoing Humanitarian Crisis / Vincent Faber
Summary
World in Crisis - describing the plight of refugees & civilians caught up in war zones in both First & Third Worlds, Gypsies, the homeless, & AIDS/HIV groups - highlights what can be done to alleviate human suffering in the future