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Waging war to make peace, U.S. intervention in global conflicts, Susan Yoshihara

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

index present

non fiction

Waging war to make peace

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Susan Yoshihara

Praeger books online

U.S. intervention in global conflicts

Debates about humanitarian intervention endure because they pose some of the most important political, legal, and moral questions of our time: about the meaning of sovereignty, the nature of international law, the just use of force, and the nature of international order. Humanitarian intervention in practice remains highly contentious because of the irreconcilable tension between the hope of achieving liberal internationalist aims using the ultimate realist means, military force. The book begins by looking at the most contemporary conundrum in the debate about humanitarian war: the concept of the "responsibility to protect" civilians in other countries from grave human rights abuses, even by resort to force, and traces the debate at three levels. First, it shows how decision makers grappled with three main aspects of decisions to use force: authorization, justification, and obligation. Second, the unique contexts of four NATO nations-- Britain, France, Germany, and the United States-- are examined in light of how they influenced national decisions about war. Third, the analysis traces three distinct currents of thought, or worldviews, regarding intervention

Origins of intervention : power, principle, and law -- The quest for legitimacy : concepts and context -- The boundaries of multilateralism : who may authorize war? -- Waging war to save lives : when is intervention justified? -- My brother's keeper : are nations obligated to intervene? -- Debating the Iraq War : the trouble with mixed motives

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