Full Description
Examines multilateral interventions in civil conflicts and the evolution of the role of such interventions in world politics. It focuses primarily on the Cold War and post-Cold War eras and the differences between them. It contests the notion that there is an emerging norm of humanitarian intervention in international politics, arguing that political interests remain essential to the practice of intervention.
Contents
GLOSSARY; INTRODUCTION; 1. The Terms of the Debate; 2. Intervention in Pre-Cold War International History; Intervention in the Peloponnesian War; Intervention in pre-Westphalian Europe; The French Revolution and the Concert of Europe; Intervention in the interwar period; 3. Intervention during the Cold War; The normative dimension; The Cold War practice of intervention; 4. The Interlude of 'New Political Thinking'; 5. Post-Cold War Intervention; Post-Cold War normative developments; The post-Cold War practice of intervention; CONCLUSION; AFTERWORD; NOTES
