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  1. 4. Aug. 2006 · At the Point of a Gun raises critical questions we cannot ignore in this era of gunboat democracy. When, if ever, is it appropriate to intervene militarily in the domestic affairs of other nations? Are human rights and humanitarian concerns legitimate reasons for intervening, or is the assault on sovereignty -- sovereignty that is as ...

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  2. 4. Mai 2005 · Our speaker this afternoon is unusual, not only because of the intensity with which he initially espoused the philosophy of armed intervention in the name of democracy and human rights, but more so because of his critical self-examination, which finds him now disillusioned with his earlier stance.

  3. 14. März 2005 · In At the Point of a Gun: Democratic Dreams and Armed Intervention ( Simon & Schuster ), Rieff, a Central Eurasia Project board member, reassesses some of his own judgments about the use of military might to solve the world's most pressing humanitarian problems and curb the world's cruelest human rights abusers, presenting a thoughtful and impas...

  4. 1. März 2005 · 3.29. 42 ratings3 reviews. Writing from the front lines of the hot wars of the post-Cold War world -- the Balkans, Africa, the Middle East, and most recently Afghanistan and Iraq for The New York Times Magazine -- David Rieff witnessed firsthand most of the armed interventions waged by the West or the United Nations in the name of ...

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  5. Buy At the Point of a Gun: Democratic Dreams and Armed Intervention Reprint by Rieff, David (ISBN: 9780743287074) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

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  7. 4. Juni 2013 · At the Point of a Gun by David Rieff (ebook) - Apple Books. Democratic Dreams and Armed Intervention. David Rieff. $4.99. Publisher Description. Veteran journalist David Rieff’s essays draw a searing portrait of what happens when the grandiose schemes of policymakers and human rights activists go horribly wrong in the field.