Mission accomplished? : the crisis of international intervention / by Simon Jenkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jenkins, Simon, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intervention (International law).

Intervention (International law)--History.

Intervention (International law)--Moral and ethical aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (144 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Why do politicians send troops to foreign soil, to fight battles they rarely win? Is it old-fashioned imperialism tainted with a crusader complex? Or is the West a partisan for the helpless? The fall of the Soviet Union left the West aimless. With no conflicting dogma to reinforce its sense of justice the West assumed the role of global policeman - aid graduated from charitable to economic and, finally, military. Ideological struggle was replaced by a vague and confused concept of international justice, shrouded in real-politik. Yet scepticism now pervades the interventionist debate. Simon Jenkins traces the rise of 'liberal interventionism' from Kosovo and the 'war on terror' to present day conflicts in Libya, Syria and Ukraine, asking: what can we learn from the miscalculations, mistakes, and mendacity of 'the age of intervention'? As ISIS sweeps through Middle-East, calls for a military solution are increasing. By exposing interventionist rhetoric and highlighting past mistakes, Jenkins gives us an invaluable contribution to the active and essential debate on the West's role in global conflicts."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction

1 Into Yugoslavia

2 Marking Time: Interlude in Sierra Leone

3 Eruption: Nine Eleven

4 Into Afghanistan

5 Back to Iraq

6 Iraq: The Big One

7 Iraq: Aftermath

Part One 8 Iraq: Aftermath Goes Steady State

9 Return to Afghanistan

10 Endgame Eludes Iraq, Again

11 Intervention Goes Viral: Tehran, Kabul, Baghdad,Rangoon, Harare

12 The Age of Endgames

13 Springtime in Libya

14 Aftermath: Syria, Yemen, Mali, Ukraine

Epilogue

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780755621675

0755621670

9780857725530

085772553X

OCLC:

945735688