International Intervention in the Post-Cold War World: Moral Responsibility and Power Politics Contributor(s): Davis, Michael C. (Author), Dietrich, Wolfgang (Author), Scholdan, Bettina (Author) |
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ISBN: 0765612445 ISBN-13: 9780765612441 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $109.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2003 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Law | International - Political Science | International Relations - General - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism |
Dewey: 341.584 |
LCCN: 2003042791 |
Physical Information: 1.11" H x 5.92" W x 9.48" (1.33 lbs) 332 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: International intervention on humanitarian grounds has been a contentious issue for decades. First, it pits the principle of state sovereignty against claims of universal human rights. Second, the motivations of intervening states may be open to question when avowals of moral action are arguably the fig leaf covering an assertion of power for political advantage. These questions have been salient in the context of the Balkan and African wars and U.S. policy in the Middle East. This volume undertakes a serious, systematic, and broadly international review of the issues. |