03391nam 2200685Ia 450 991095786180332120200520144314.09780791489772079148977997805854440000585444005(CKB)111056486601230(OCoLC)61367488(CaPaEBR)ebrary10587097(SSID)ssj0000100271(PQKBManifestationID)11108594(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000100271(PQKBWorkID)10036644(PQKB)11545562(OCoLC)52243001(MdBmJHUP)muse5812(Au-PeEL)EBL3407899(CaPaEBR)ebr10587097(DE-B1597)684272(DE-B1597)9780791489772(MiAaPQ)EBC3407899(Perlego)2674663(EXLCZ)9911105648660123020001221d2002 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAgency and ethics the politics of military intervention /Anthony F. Lang, Jr1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20021 online resource (xiii, 242 pages)SUNY series in global politicsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780791451366 0791451364 9780791451359 0791451356 Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-236) and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Intervention in Russia -- Intervention in Egypt -- Intervention in Somalia -- The Dilemma of Humanitarian Intervention -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Suny Series in Global PoliticsWhy does political conflict seem to consistently interfere with attempts to provide aid, end ethnic discord, or restore democracy? To answer this question, Agency and Ethics examines how the norms that originally motivate an intervention often create conflict between the intervening powers, outside powers, and the political agents who are the victims of the intervention. Three case studies are drawn upon to illustrate this phenomena: the British and American intervention in Bolshevik Russia in 1918; the British and French intervention in Egypt in 1956; and the American and United Nations intervention in Somalia in 1993. Although rarely categorized together, these three interventions shared at least one strong commonality: all failed to achieve their professed goals, with the troops being ignominiously recalled in each example. Lang concludes by addressing the dilemma of how to resolve complex humanitarian emergencies in the twenty-first century without the necessity of resorting to military intervention.Humanitarian assistanceIntervention (International law)Moral and ethical aspectsHumanitarian assistance.Intervention (International law)Moral and ethical aspects.341.5/84Lang Anthony F.1968-1792655MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910957861803321Agency and ethics4356032UNINA