International Military Intervention, 1946-1988 / Frederic S. Pearson, Robert A. Baumann.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Pearson, Frederic S.

Baumann, Robert A.

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 6035.

ICPSR ; 6035

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intervention (International law).

International relations.

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1993.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

This data collection documents all cases of military intervention across international boundaries by regular armed forces of independent states in the regions of Europe, the Americas (and Caribbean), Asia and the Pacific, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Middle East/North Africa. Military interventions are defined operationally in this collection as the movement of regular troops or forces (airborne, seaborne, shelling, etc.) of one country into the territory or territorial waters of another country, or forceful military action by troops already stationed by one country inside another, in the context of some political issue or dispute. The study seeks to identify politically important actions which interpose a state directly into the conflict patterns occurring in another state, and which conceivably involve a breach of the sovereignty of the target state (albeit by invitation in some cases). The collection identifies intervener and target countries and specifies the starting and ending dates of the intervention. A series of potential interests in or motives for intervention are presented, including effects on the target's domestic disputes, foreign or domestic policies, and efforts to protect social factions in the target, to attack rebels in sanctuaries across borders (''hot pursuit''), to protect or enhance economic/resource interests, to protect military or diplomatic facilities, to save lives, or to affect regional power balances and strategic relations. Information is provided on the direction of the intervention, i.e., to support or oppose the target government, to support or oppose opposition groups in the target, or to support or oppose third-party governments or opposition groups. Other variables show the degree of prior intervention, the alliance or treaty relationship between intervener and target, prior colonial status, prior interve... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06035

Contents:

Part 1: Main Data File; Part 2: SAS Program File with Instream Data

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2004-10-30.

Start: 1946; and end: 1988.

OCLC:

61156248

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.