The use of force in humanitarian intervention : morality and practicalities / John Janzekovic.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Janzekovic, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Humanitarian intervention.

Humanitarian intervention--Moral and ethical aspects.

Humanitarian intervention--Balkan Peninsula.

Yugoslav War, 1991-1995--Participation, Foreign.

Yugoslav War, 1991-1995.

Ethnic conflict--Balkan Peninsula.

Ethnic conflict.

Kosovo War, 1998-1999--Participation, Foreign.

Kosovo War, 1998-1999.

Balkan Peninsula--History--1989-.

Balkan Peninsula.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Humanitarian intervention is a many layered and complex concept. This study analyzes the various ethical positions, particularly consequentialism, welfare-utilitarianism and just war theory to unravel this intricate topic and provides a rounded reflection on the lessons learned from the revival of humanitarian intervention as a tool of conflict resolution.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Maps and Figure; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Ethical Reasoning and Moral Principles; 2. Plausable Interventionist Strategies; 3. Humanitarian Law and Military Intervention; 4. Objections to the Ethical Principles and Applications; 5. Ethnic Conflict in the Balkans 1992-1999 - A Case Study; 6. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-201) and index.

ISBN:

1-351-12566-4

1-281-23822-8

9786611238223

0-7546-9179-9

OCLC:

318451978

Publisher Number:

9780754648505 (hbk.)