Dimensions of Western Military Intervention

by McInnes,Colin; McInnes,Colin

• ISBN13: 9780714652764
• ISBN10: 0714652768
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-02-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Military intervention has emerged as one of the greatest challenges facing the West. This book explores how the West has reacted to this challenge. In particular it examines the question of how military power has and might be used to help protect those elsewhere who are in danger. It looks at how force is used, the limits on the use of force, and how monitoring and verification of ceasefires can be effectively implemented to stop force being used. It also examines the political context in which force is used, including the West's intolerance for casualities, the role of the media and the gender dimensions of intervention.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Introduction: The Political and Moral Limits of Western Military Intervention to Protect Civilians in Danger	p. 1
Fatal Attraction? Air Power and the West	p. 28
The RMA and Intervention: A Sceptical View	p. 52
Implications of the Weinberger Doctrine for American Military Intervention in a Post-Desert Storm Age	p. 66
Missing the Story: The Media and the Rwandan Genocide	p. 91
The Doctrine Gap: The Enduring Problem of Contemporary Peace Support Operations Thinking	p. 107
Fighting For Freetown: British Military Intervention in Sierra Leone	p. 140
The Role of Monitoring and Verification	p. 169
Bosnia and Kosovo: Interpreting the Gender Dimensions of International Intervention	p. 183
Abstracts	p. 196
Notes on Contributors	p. 200
Index	p. 201
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