Dimensions of Western Military Intervention

Military intervention to protect civilians in danger has emerged as a key challenge for the West. This book explores the West's reaction to these challenges and some of the limits on its actions.

List of contents

Introduction: The Political and Moral Limits of Western Military Intervention to Protect Civilians in Danger, NICHOLAS J. WHEELER; Chapter 1 Fatal Attraction? Air Power and the West, COLIN McINNES; Chapter 2 The RMA and Intervention: A Sceptical View, COLIN S. GRAY; Chapter 3 Implications of the Weinberger Doctrine for American Military Intervention in a Post-Desert Storm Age, CORI E. DAUBER; Chapter 4 Missing the Story: The Media and the Rwandan Genocide, LINDA MELVERN; Chapter 5 The Doctrine Gap: The Enduring Problem of Contemporary Peace Support Operations Thinking, DOMINICK DONALD; Chapter 6 Fighting For Freetown: British Military Intervention in Sierra Leone, PAUL WILLIAMS; Chapter 7 The Role of Monitoring and Verification, TREVOR FINDLAY; Chapter 8 Bosnia and Kosovo: Interpreting the Gender Dimensions of Internationa Intervention, JAYNE RODGERS; Index;

About the author

Colin McInnes, Nicholas J. Wheeler

Summary

This book examines the question of how military power has and might be used to help protect those who are in danger.

Product details

• Assisted by: Colin McInnes (Editor), Colin (Aberystwyth University Mcinnes (Editor), Nicholas J Wheeler (Editor), Nicholas J. Wheeler (Editor), Wheeler Nicholas J. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2002
• EAN: 9780714682488
• ISBN: 978-0-7146-8248-8
• No. of pages: 208
• Weight: 400 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; HISTORY / Military / General, military history, Politics & government, Politics and government