Justifying America's wars: the conduct and practice of US military intervention/ Nicholas Kerton-Johnson.
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TextSeries: Contemporary security studiesPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2011Description: xiv, 191 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780415561686 (hardcover); 041556168X (hardcover)Subject(s): Intervention (International law) | Just war doctrine | Intervention (International law) | Just war doctrine | Persian Gulf War, 1991 | Kosovo War, 1998-1999 | Afghan War, 2001- | Iraq War, 2003-2011 | United States -- Military policy | United States -- Military policyDDC classification: 355.02 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 355.02 KER/J (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P23013 |
"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Legitimacy in international relations -- Some methodological points -- An initial note on the cases -- Setting the context : intervention and norms in international society -- 1945-1990 -- 1990-2001 -- 2001 onwards -- Intervention norms and international society -- The Gulf War -- Background to the war -- President Bush's justifications for intervention -- UNSC -- The move to war -- The practice of intervention -- Post-war rebellion and safe-havens -- Conclusion: Old or new norms advanced? -- The Kosovo intervention -- Background and UNSC -- President Clinton's justifications for intervention -- The practice of intervention -- A humanitarian shift in international society? -- The intervention in Afghanistan -- Background to the intervention -- President Bush's justifications for the intervention -- UNSC -- The practice of intervention -- The Iraq War -- President Bush's justifications for the intervention -- UNSC -- The practice of intervention -- Revisiting the cases -- Justifications across the cases : a core legitimating norm? -- Practice across cases : standard practice? A shifting international society?
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