Can Intervention Work?

English

Series: Amnesty International Global Ethics Ser.

ISBN: 0393081206

EAN: 9780393081206

Category: Law / International/Political Science / World / Middle Eastern/Political Science / World / Asian/

Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.

Release Date: 07/25/2011

Synopsis: Rory Stewart (author of The Places In Between) and Gerald Knaus distill their remarkable firsthand experiences of political and military interventions into a potent examination of what we can and cannot achieve in a new era of nation building. As they delve into the massive, military-driven efforts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Balkans, the expansion of the EU, and the bloodless color revolutions in the former Soviet states, the authors reveal each efforts enormous consequences for international relations, human rights, and our understanding of state building. Stewart and Knaus parse carefully the philosophies that have informed interventionism ???from neoconservative to liberal imperialist ???and draw on their diverse experiences in the military, nongovernmental organizations, and the Iraqi provincial government to reveal what we can ultimately expect from large-scale interventions, and how they might best realize positive change in the world.

Can Intervention Work?

Illustrated: No

Format: Hardcover

Height: 0.1 inches

Width: 0.58 inches

Length: 0.86 inches

Weight: 15.24 oz

Pages: 272