The Good War NATO and the Liberal Conscience in Afghanistan

by Williams, M. J.

• ISBN13: 9780230294271
• ISBN10: 0230294278
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-06-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

The Good Wartackles the issue of NATO in Afghanistan, exploring NATO's evolution in the 1990s and blending NATO's transformation from a reactive defense organization into a pro-active risk manager with the ethic of liberalism. It raises questions such as why an alliance built upon the territorial defence of Europe ended up in Afghanistan.

Author Biography

M. J. WILLIAMS is Lecturer in International Relations at Royal Holloway University of London, UK, and Senior Associate Scholar at the Center for European Policy Analysis in Washington, DC, USA. Previously, he was Head of the Transatlantic Security Program at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies in London, UK. He is the author of NATO, Security and Risk Management: From Kosovo to Kandahar and co-editor of the critically acclaimed Power in World Politics.

Table of Contents

Introduction – On Wars: 'Good' and 'Bad'
NATO in an Age of Risk
Empires of Liberty
The Hedgehog and the Fox: Euro-American Visions of 9/11
Soldiers of Misfortune
International (Dis)Organization
Empire Lite
Beyond Crisis: NATO, Afghanistan and Security in a Networked World
Epilogue – Revisiting the Liberal Conscience