Comment on A framework for survival. KM Cahill, ed. (CFR 1993). .fi Military intervention for humanitarian aims appears to many as the oxymoron of this century. Some will focus on the inviolability of sovereignty as the core need for stability in the international system as now constituted. Others will recall the terrible price that was visitied on humanity by global nonchalance and pusillanimity in response to the rise of Hitler. This book is as fresh as today's headlines in reviewing the controversial political, legal and moral perspectives that are an indispensable precondition for rational and effective action in this troubled field. .nf Dr. Joshua Lederberg Suite 400 (Founders Hall) The Rockefeller University 1230 York Avenue New York, NY 10021-6399 212: 327-7809