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Democracy by force U.S. military intervention in the post-Cold War world / Karin von Hippel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Von Hippel, Karin, author.
- Series:
- London School of Economics mathematics series.
- London School of Economics mathematics series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Intervention (International law).
- United States--Foreign relations--1989-.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 224 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Since the end of the Cold War, the international community, and the USA in particular, has intervened in a series of civil conflicts around the world. In a number of cases, where actions such as economic sanctions or diplomatic pressures have failed, military interventions have been undertaken. This 1999 book examines four US-sponsored interventions (Panama, Somalia, Haiti and Bosnia), focusing on efforts to reconstruct the state which have followed military action. Such nation-building is vital if conflict is not to recur. In each of the four cases, Karin von Hippel considers the factors which led the USA to intervene, the path of military intervention, and the nation-building efforts which followed. The book seeks to provide a greater understanding of the successes and failures of US policy, to improve strategies for reconstruction, and to provide some insight into the conditions under which intervention and nation-building are likely to succeed.
- Contents:
- Introduction : dangerous hubris
- Invasion or intervention? Operation Just Cause
- Disappointed and defeated in Somalia
- Heartened in Haiti
- UNPROFOR, IFOR and SFOR : can peace be FORced on Bosnia?
- Hubris or progress : can democracy be forced?
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-214) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-107-11684-8
- 0-511-00508-3
- 1-280-42050-2
- 0-511-17210-9
- 0-511-15008-3
- 0-511-32460-X
- 0-511-49174-3
- 0-511-05209-X
- OCLC:
- 437063171
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