Humanitarian Crises and Intervention:

"What would explain the poor track record of the international community when it comes to intervention against gross violations of human rights in Third World societies? Using ingenious rank-order indicators, Soderlund and his colleagues examine the severity of the problem, the risks of intervening, and the strength of media advocacy to provide a thoughtful and thorough analysis. Informative, moving, and challenging."—J. David Singer, University of Michigan

"A methodologically innovative and theoretically powerful examination of the role the media play in mobilizing—or failing to mobilize—the international community to come to the aid of populations in the grips of catastrophe. The book’s clearly written and richly documented case-study approach makes the research accessible to a broad spectrum of readers."—David Pritchard, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee