Includes bibliographical references and index.

The political limits of humanitarian assistance -- The future of peacekeeping -- Humanitarian coordination -- The hidden costs of better coordination -- The integrated operation centre in Rwanda : coping with complexity -- NATO and its new role -- Humanitarian assistance intervention in complex emergencies : information requirements in the 1990s -- Humanitarian emergencies and the roles of NGOs -- Coordination is the key -- The ICRC in complex emergencies : an outsider or part of a team? -- Coordination, control and competition : NGOs on the front line -- Field coordination of UN humanitarian assistance, Bosnia, 1994 -- The experience in Angola, February 1992-June 1993 -- The humanitarian response in Cambodia : the imperative for a strategic alliance -- The coordination of humanitarian assistance in Mozambique in the context of ONUMOZ -- The changing role of UN peacekeeping forces : The relationship between UN Peacekeepers and NGOs in Rwanda -- The role of the humanitarian coordinator -- Peacekeepers, humanitarian aid and civil conflicts -- Afterword : Humanitarian Aid -- a personal view.