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Mission Accomplished?

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Mission Accomplished? Synopsis

Why do politicians send troops to foreign soil, to fight battles they rarely win? Is it old-fashioned imperialism tainted with a crusader complex? Or is the West a partisan for the helpless? The fall of the Soviet Union left the West aimless. With no conflicting dogma to reinforce its sense of justice the West assumed the role of global policeman - aid graduated from charitable to economic and, finally, military. Ideological struggle was replaced by a vague and confused concept of international justice, shrouded in real-politik. Yet scepticism now pervades the interventionist debate. Simon Jenkins traces the rise of 'liberal interventionism' from Kosovo and the 'war on terror' to present day conflicts in Libya, Syria and Ukraine, asking: what can we learn from the miscalculations, mistakes, and mendacity of 'the age of intervention'? As ISIS sweeps through Middle-East, calls for a military solution are increasing. By exposing interventionist rhetoric and highlighting past mistakes, Jenkins gives us an invaluable contribution to the active and essential debate on the West's role in global conflicts.

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ISBN: 9781784531324
Publication date: 30th July 2015
Author: Simon Jenkins
Publisher: I.B. Tauris an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 216 pages
Genres: International relations
Military history: post-WW2 conflicts
Diplomacy
Modern warfare
Specific wars and campaigns
Peace studies and conflict resolution