TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bjola,Corneliu
TI  - Legitimising the use of force in international politics: Kosovo, Iraq and the ethics of intervention 
T2  - Contemporary security studies
SN  - 9780415492553 (hardback : alk. paper)
PY  - 2009///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Intervention (International law)
KW  - Humanitarian intervention
KW  - Balkan Peninsula
KW  - Kosovo War, 1998-1999
KW  - Participation, Foreign
KW  - Iraq War, 2003-
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-219) and index; 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
ER  -