The purpose of intervention

Description

"Martha Finnemore uses one type of force, military intervention, as a window onto the shifting character of international society. She examines the changes, over the past four hundred years, in why countries intervene militarily as well as in how they have intervened." "Finnemore looks at three types of intervention: collecting debts, addressing humanitarian crises, and acting against states perceived as threats to international peace. In all three, she finds that intervention that is now considered obvious was vigorously contested or even rejected by people in earlier periods for well-articulated and logical reasons. As broad historical perspective allows her to explicate long-term trends: the steady erosion of force's normative value in international politics, the growing influence of equality norms in many aspects of global political life, and the increasing importance of law in intervention practices."--Jacket.

First Sentence

In any society, regulating the use of force among members is a foundational and defining task.

Excerpt

In any society, regulating the use of force among members is a foundational and defining task.

Subjects

Series Statement

• Cornell studies in security affairs

Other Editions

• The purpose of intervention: changing beliefs about the use of forceCornell University Press2003-01-01
• Purpose of InterventionCornell University Press2003-01-01
• The Purpose Of InterventionPaperbackCornell University Press2004-07-30
• Purpose of InterventionCornell University Press2013-01-01