The Question of Intervention
John Stuart Mill and the Responsibility to Protect
Published on 12. March 2015
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-0-300-17263-8 (ISBN)
Description
The question of when or if a nation should intervene in another country's affairs is one of the most important concerns in today's volatile world. Taking John Stuart Mill's famous 1859 essay "A Few Words on Non-Intervention" as his starting point, international relations scholar Michael W. Doyle addresses the thorny issue of when a state's sovereignty should be respected and when it should be overridden or disregarded by other states in the name of humanitarian protection, national self-determination, or national security. In this time of complex social and political interplay and increasingly sophisticated and deadly weaponry, Doyle reinvigorates Mill's principles for a new era while assessing the new United Nations doctrine of responsibility to protect.
In the twenty-first century, intervention can take many forms: military and economic, unilateral and multilateral. Doyle's thought-provoking argument examines essential moral and legal questions underlying significant American foreign policy dilemmas of recent years, including Libya, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
In the twenty-first century, intervention can take many forms: military and economic, unilateral and multilateral. Doyle's thought-provoking argument examines essential moral and legal questions underlying significant American foreign policy dilemmas of recent years, including Libya, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
Reviews / Votes
"In this brilliant book Michael Doyle supplies a lucid history, exposition, and evaluation of the idea of non-intervention from its beginnings in natural law theorizing about doctrines of just war to recent and contemporary debates over Somalia, Rwanda, Kosovo, Ossetia, Libya, Syria, and elsewhere, as well as a thorough account of the evolving machineries of intervention since the creation of the United Nations. It is the best available work on its subject, and is likely to be widely discussed."--Ian Shapiro, Yale University -- Ian Shapiro "Since the 1990s . . . the tension between the norm of state sovereignty and the need to prevent atrocities has become more intense . . . In this magisterial study, Doyle provides the most thoughtful and searching exploration yet of this dilemma."-Foreign Affairs * Foreign Affairs * "Classical international theory at its best....a book full of insight: the tone dispassionate, the argument subtle, and clearly of considerable value to both scholars and practitioners alike."-J.E. Spence, International Affairs -- J.E Spence * International Affairs * "Classical international theory at its best . . . a book full of insight: the tone dispassionate, the argument subtle and clearly of considerable value to . . . scholars and practitioners alike."-J.E. Spence, International Affairs -- J.E. Spence * International Affairs *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
1 b-w illus.
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-17263-8 (9780300172638)
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E-Book
01/2015
1st Edition
Yale University Press
€59.95
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Person
Michael W. Doyle is a University Professor of Columbia University; is affiliated with the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia Law School, and the Political Science Department; and was formerly Assistant Secretary-General and Special Adviser to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.