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24 - Anthropology and Development Studies
University of Oxford : B - International development
Legitimising the Use of Force in International Politics: Kosovo, Iraq and the Ethics of Intervention
This 224-page monograph covers original research that would otherwise be published in three or four academic journal articles. The topics covered include: (a) the historical evolution of international standards on the use of force; (b) theoretical exploration of the concept of deliberative legitimacy; and (c) empirical studies of the 1999 NATO intervention in Kosovo and the 2003 US military action against Iraq. The scale is indicated by the fact that this book required three years of research: 12 months of data collection on these interventions, six months of semi-structured interviews with UN diplomats and 18 months of writing and revision.