Justifying America`s wars the conduct and practice of US military intervention

Kerton-Johnson, Nicholas

Justifying America`s wars the conduct and practice of US military intervention - London Routledge 2010 - xiv,191p.

"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.

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?

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Intervention (International law)
Just war doctrine.
Intervention (International law)--Case studies.
Just war doctrine--Case studies.
Persian Gulf War, 1991.
Kosovo War, 1998-1999.
Afghan War, 2001-
Iraq War, 2003-


United States--Military policy.
United States--Military policy--Case studies.

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