| Document Type | : | BL |
| Record Number | : | 104499 |
| Doc. No | : | b62044 |
| Main Entry | : | Kerton-Johnson, Nicholas. |
| Title & Author | : | Justifying America's wars :the conduct and practice of US military intervention /Nicholas Kerton-Johnson. |
| Publication Statement | : | London ;New York :Routledge,2011. |
| Series Statement | : | Contemporary security studies |
| Page. NO | : | xiv, 191 p. :ill. ;24 cm. |
| ISBN | : | 9780415561686 (hardcover) |
| | 041556168X (hardcover) |
| | 9780203861677 (ebook) |
| | 0203861671 (ebook) |
| Notes | : | "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliographies/Indexes | : | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents | : | Legitimacy in international relations -- Some methodological points -- An initial note on the cases -- Setting the context : intervention and norms in international society -- 1945-1990 -- 1990-2001 -- 2001 onwards -- Intervention norms and international society -- The Gulf War -- Background to the war -- President Bush's justifications for intervention -- UNSC -- The move to war -- The practice of intervention -- Post-war rebellion and safe-havens -- Conclusion: Old or new norms advanced? -- The Kosovo intervention -- Background and UNSC -- President Clinton's justifications for intervention -- The practice of intervention -- A humanitarian shift in international society? -- The intervention in Afghanistan -- Background to the intervention -- President Bush's justifications for the intervention -- UNSC -- The practice of intervention -- The Iraq War -- President Bush's justifications for the intervention -- UNSC -- The practice of intervention -- Revisiting the cases -- Justifications across the cases : a core legitimating norm? -- Practice across cases : standard practice? A shifting international society? |
| Subject | : | Intervention (International law) |
| Subject | : | Just war doctrine. |
| Subject | : | Intervention (International law), Case studies. |
| Subject | : | Just war doctrine, Case studies. |
| Subject | : | Persian Gulf War, 1991. |
| Subject | : | Kosovo War, 1998-1999. |
| Subject | : | Afghan War, 2001- |
| Subject | : | Iraq War, 2003-2011. |
| Subject | : | United States, Military policy. |
| Subject | : | United States, Military policy, Case studies. |
| Dewey Classification | : | 355/.033573 |
| LC Classification | : | UA23.K414 2011 |