Bjola, Corneliu. <br/><br/>
Legitimising the use of force in international politics :  Kosovo, Iraq and the ethics of intervention / 
Corneliu Bjola. 
 - London :  Routledge,  2009. 
 - 221 p. ;  25 cm. 
 - Contemporary security studies .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-219) and index. 
<br/><br/>The concept of legitimacy in international relations -- The moral legitimacy of the use of force -- The legal legitimacy of the use of force -- The deliberative legitimacy of the use of force -- Humanitarianism revisited : the NATO intervention in Kosovo -- Defensive necessity vs. war of choice : the United States-led military action against Iraq -- Conclusions : institutionalizing deliberative legitimacy. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780415492553 (hardback : alk. paper)  RM404.40 0415492556 (hardback) 9780203873915 (e-book : alk. paper) 0203873912 (e-book) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Intervention (International law)<br/>Humanitarian intervention--Balkan Peninsula.<br/>Kosovo War, 1998-1999--Participation, Foreign.<br/>Iraq War, 2003-