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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818131603321

Autore

Aoi Chiyuki

Titolo

Legitimacy and the use of armed force : stability missions in the post-Cold War era / / Chiyuki Aoi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, [England] ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-135-23311-X

1-135-23312-8

1-282-89872-8

9786612898723

0-203-86576-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Collana

Contemporary security studies

Disciplina

327.17

Soggetti

Conflict management - International cooperation

Armed Forces

Security, International

Political stability

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Legitimacy in stability operations; 2 Liberia: Creating peace in Africa; 3 Bosnia-Herzegovina: From peace support to coercive diplomacy; 4 Somalia: From peace enforcement to disengagement; 5 Rwanda: Failure to stop genocide; 6 Iraq: From pre-emption to counterinsurgency; 7 Iraq: Transformation failure and intervention performance; 8 Iraq: Non-support of pre-emptive war; 9 Afghanistan: From self-defense to state-building; 10 Afghanistan: Stabilization and counterinsurgency performance; 11 Afghanistan: From adequate to dwindling support

12 Legitimacy and the conditions of successNotes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the concept of legitimacy as it may be used to explain the success, or failure, of key stability operations since the end of the Cold War. In the success of stability operations, legitimacy is key. In order to achieve success, the intervening force must create a sense of legitimacy of the mission among the various constituencies



concerned with and involved in the venture. These parties include the people of the host nation, the host government (whose relations with the local people must be legitimate), political elites and the general public worldwide-including the