The Conceit Of Humanitarian Intervention - 9780190692186

There is a veritable cottage industry of books on humanitarian intervention (the use of military force to stop atrocities) and the vast majority favors the project. The Conceit of Humanitarian Intervention challenges this consensus by pointing up the strategic, legal, and ethical problems associated with it. The book also disputes the claim that humanitarian intervention, particularly as manifested in the doctrine of The Responsibility to Protect," has become a universal norm that offers a comprehensive and effective solution to mass killing"--

• | Author: Rajan Menon
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Feb 01, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 256 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0190692189
• | ISBN-13: 9780190692186