Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Abraham Lincoln and a new birth of freedom Abraham Lincoln and a new birth of freedom Howard Jones No one has fully examined Lincoln's impact on Civil War diplomacy, particularly as it derived from his constantly evolving views toward slavery and the way these ideas fitted into his concept of the … OL15283946W
Crusade Crusade James Carroll Publisher's description: With the words "this Crusade, this war on terror," George W. Bush defined the purpose of his presidency. And just as promptly, James Carroll-Boston Globe columnist, son of a … OL15835588W
Smokescreen Smokescreen Paul F. J. Aranas When is it legitimate for nations to use force? The United States and NATO regularly employ the illegitimate use of force, using false arguments and a haze of purported altruistic justifications … OL16499109W
American public support for U.S. military operations from Mogadishu to Baghdad American public support for U.S. military operations from Mogadishu to Baghdad Eric V. Larson "Contains the technical appendixes for a study that describes American public opinion toward the use of military force in support of the global war on terrorism ... The main document is Eric V. Larso… OL1677744W
Intervention in world politics Intervention in world politics Hedley Bull This book is the best guide to the complexities of intervention now available. The issues raised by it will remain important and divisive for some time.'___ The Times Literary Suplement. OL17984549W
Armed state building Armed state building Paul D.. Miller "Since 1898, the United States and the United Nations have deployed military force more than three dozen times in attempts to rebuild failed states. Currently there are more state-building campaigns … OL18821360W
Presidential decisions for war Presidential decisions for war Gary R. Hess "In 1950, Americans expected that the United States would wage another major war in the near future. Instead, over the course of the next half-century, they fought limited wars against minor powers: … OL1946614W
Virtual war Virtual war Michael Ignatieff This latest work (portions of which have appeared in the New Yorker and elsewhere) completes an unplanned trilogy that took shape around current events. Like the trilogy's previous two titles (Blood … OL1962458W
Uses of force and Wilsonian foreign policy Uses of force and Wilsonian foreign policy Frederick S. Calhoun Calhoun examines seven cases of intervention to test his argument that Wilson was the first president to use military force systematically to try to bring about certain kinds of political results in … OL2125219W
Making war, thinking history Making war, thinking history Jeffrey Record "In examining the influence of historical analogies on decisions to use - or not use - force, military strategist Jeffrey Record assesses every major application of U.S. force from the Korean War to … OL2196602W
Avoiding the slippery slope Avoiding the slippery slope Thomas R. Mockaitis This Letort Paper covers U.S. military interventions in civil conflicts since the end of the Cold War. It defines intervention as the use of military force to achieve a specific objective (i.e., deli… OL23120954W
The politics of civil-military cooperation The politics of civil-military cooperation Christopher Ankersen Civil-military cooperation is a hallmark of contemporary military operations. Images of soldiers digging wells or helping to open schools characterize our view of what goes on in places such as Afgha… OL24292672W
Le nouvel humanisme militaire Le nouvel humanisme militaire Noam Chomsky L'auteur part en croisade non seulement "contre la guerre du Kosovo mais aussi et surtout contre ce "droit d'intervention" que s'arrogent les puissances les plus riches de la planète" (##Le Monde dip… OL28964293W
Kosovo crossing Kosovo crossing David Fromkin ix, 210 p. : 23 cm OL466591W
Nation-building Nation-building Cynthia Ann Watson Nation-Building: A Reference Handbook offers an in-depth examination of the nation-building process with special focus on the late 20th century to the present. U.S. national security expert Cynthia W… OL4787901W
Fools' Crusade Fools' Crusade Diana Johnstone "In the endless series of United States military interventions, the 'humanitarian' bombing of Yugoslavia played a key role in gaining support of the center left for war as an instrument of policy. Th… OL5460057W
Rogue States Rogue States Noam Chomsky Nicht die diktatorisch regierten Entwicklungsländer, sondern die USA und ihre Verbündeten sind die eigentlichen Schurkenstaaten, so Noam Chomsky. Klassische Großmachtpolitik heißt immer auch, Gewalt … OL71693W
Saving strangers Saving strangers Nicholas J. Wheeler "The extent to which humanitarian intervention has become a legitimate practice in post-cold war international society is the subject of this book. It maps the changing legitimacy of humanitarian int… OL8011728W