Dimensions of Western Military Intervention [Paperback]

Military intervention to protect civilians in danger has emerged as a key challenge for the West. This book explores the West's reaction to these challenges and some of the limits on its actions.This book examines the question of how military power has and might be used to help protect those who are in danger.Introduction: The Political and Moral Limits of Western Military Intervention to Protect Civilians in Danger, NICHOLAS J. WHEELER; Chapter 1 Fatal Attraction? Air Power and the West, COLIN McINNES; Chapter 2 The RMA and Intervention: A Sceptical View, COLIN S. GRAY; Chapter 3 Implications of the Weinberger Doctrine for American Military Intervention in a Post-Desert Storm Age, CORI E. DAUBER; Chapter 4 Missing the Story: The Media and the Rwandan Genocide, LINDA MELVERN; Chapter 5 The Doctrine Gap: The Enduring Problem of Contemporary Peace Support Operations Thinking, DOMINICK DONALD; Chapter 6 Fighting For Freetown: British Military Intervention in Sierra Leone, PAUL WILLIAMS; Chapter 7 The Role of Monitoring and Verification, TREVOR FINDLAY; Chapter 8 Bosnia and Kosovo: Interpreting the Gender Dimensions of Internationa Intervention, JAYNE RODGERS; Index;Colin McInnes, Nicholas J. WheelerUSCopyright ? 2002 Routledge