Question of Intervention : John Stuart Mill and the Responsibility to Protect
Overview
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.
This item is Non-Returnable
Customers Also Bought
Details
- ISBN-13: 9780300230604
- ISBN-10: 0300230605
- Publisher: Yale University Press
- Publish Date: August 2017
- Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.7 pounds
- Page Count: 296
Related Categories
