The Warrior's Honor: Ethnic War and the Modern Conscience - Paperback

by Michael Ignatieff (Author)

"Ignatieff's argument is simple and, to my mind, irresistible."
--Alan Ryan, The New York Times Book Review

Since the early 1990s, Michael Ignatieff has traveled the world's war zones, from Bosnia to the West Bank, from Afghanistan to central Africa. The Warrior's Honor is a report and a reflection on what he has seen in the places where ethnic war has become a way of life. Ignatieff charts the rise of the new moral interventionists--the relief workers, reporters, delegates, and diplomats who believe that other people's misery is of concern to us all. And he brings us face-to-face with the new ethnic warriors--the warlords, gunmen, and paramilitaries--who have escalated postmodern war to an unprecedented level of savagery. Hard-hitting and passionate, The Warrior's Honor is a profound and searching exploration of the perils and obligations of moral citizenship in a world scarred by war and genocide.

Author Biography

Michael Ignatieff is a frequent contributor to The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books, among other publications. The former leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, he has taught at The University of Cambridge, The University of Oxford, and Harvard University. He is the author of many acclaimed books including Blood and Belonging, Isaiah Berlin, The Warrior's Honor, The Russian Album, The Needs of Strangers, and Virtual War.