Blair's Just War

Iraq and the Illusion of Morality
2012. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-230-35570-5
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 210 Seiten, Format (B × H): 139 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 285 g

Bringing together both contemporary and historical just war concepts, Peter Lee shows that Blair's illusion of morality evaporated quickly and irretrievably after the 2003 Iraqinvasion because the ideas Blair relied upon were taken out of their historical context and applied in a global political system where they no longer hold sway.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lee, P.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Blair and Just Intervention Are We Sure of Our Case? Views from the Academy Authority, Legitimacy and War Regime Change Confronting Tyranny Protecting the Weak Fighting the Fight Reflections

Über Autor(innen)

Peter Lee is Lecturer in Air Power Studies at King's College London, based at RAF College Cranwell in Lincolnshire, UK. During the build-up to the 2003 invasion and for most of the period of the UK's involvement in Iraq, he served as a RAF chaplain. He is regularly invited as a public speaker to give seminars on this subject to military, academic and wider audiences.