Based on author's thesis (doctoral - University of Aberdeen, 2017) issued under title: Implementing post-Cold War Anglo-American military intervention : scrutinising the dynamics of legality and legitimacy. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction : Raising Issues of International Instability, International Law and Military Intervention -- What Is Legitimacy and What Is Consensus? -- A Chequered Past : The Long History of Intervention -- The Last Hundred Years : The Impact of The Great War, The Second World War and The Cold War -- The Gulf War : A New Dawn? -- Kosovo : Legitimacy to The Fore -- Sierra Leone : Idealism Masks Realism -- Afghanistan : Clarity in Crisis -- Iraq : Reality Bites -- Libya : Designed for The Return Of Legitimacy -- Syria : Realism Reasserted -- Conclusion
Summary:
"Exploring case studies from the first Gulf War to the Syria crisis, this book discusses different approaches to the use of international law and the role it plays in international power politics"-- Provided by publisher.
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