Humanitarian Military Intervention: The Conditions for Success and Failure by Ta

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This study focuses on the questions of when and how military intervention in conflicts can achieve humanitarian benefits. It uses the standard that an intervention should do more good than harm to evaluate the successes and failures.

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This study focuses on the questions of when and how military intervention in conflicts can achieve humanitarian benefits. It uses the standard that an intervention should do more good than harm to evaluate the successes and failures. The author develops a methodology to determine the number of lives saved, as a minimalist measure. The analysis of 19 military operations in the 6 case studies of Iraq, Somalia, Bosnia, Rwanda, Kosovo and East Timor reveals bothsuccessful and unsuccessful interventions in the same locations. The study posits that an intervention's short-term effectiveness depends primarily on six factors within the control of the intervenor, ratherthan factors inherent within the conflict. Political and humanitarian dimensions are combined to create a typology that compares the needs of populations suffering from conflict with an intervenor's military intervention strategies, motives, capabilities and response time. Hypotheses derived from the model are tested in the case studies and policy implications are offered.

Author Biography

Taylor B. Seybolt is Senior Program Officer at the United States Institute for Peace.

Table of Contents

1: Controversies about humanitarian military intervention2: Judging success and failure3: Humanitarian Military interventions in the 1990s4: Helping to deliver emergency aid5: Protecting Humanitarian aid operations6: Saving the victims of violence7: Defeating the perpetrators of violence8: The prospects for success and the limitations of humanitarian intervention

Review

`Seybolt presents a quantitative analysis drawing lessons from seventeen interventions...Seybolt's explanation of his methodology is impressive.'Aidan Hehir, Political Studies Review`Review from previous edition Seybolt rejects the majority of abstract, philosphical literature on the subject, to focus on real problems, faced by real practitioners both in theatre and in the halls of power. Military intervention in the name of humanity will remain a central policy challenge in the near future, and Seybolt's work succeeds in providing valuable new insights for practitioners at both ends of the spectrum. [The] Interesting case studies arewell researched and a pleasure to read.''Matthew Taylor, consultant in NATO's Public Diplomacy Division

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A thoughtful study of the conditions that determine if and how military intervention is a justified policy response to a humanitarian crisis in a foreign state

Long Description

This study focuses on the questions of when and how military intervention in conflicts can achieve humanitarian benefits. It uses the standard that an intervention should do more good than harm to evaluate the successes and failures. The author develops a methodology to determine the number of lives saved, as a minimalist measure. The analysis of 19 military operations in the 6 case studies of Iraq, Somalia, Bosnia, Rwanda, Kosovo and East Timor reveals bothsuccessful and unsuccessful interventions in the same locations. The study posits that an intervention's short-term effectiveness depends primarily on six factors within the control of the intervenor, rather than factors inherent within the conflict. Political and humanitarian dimensions are combined tocreate a typology that compares the needs of populations suffering from conflict with an intervenor's military intervention strategies, motives, capabilities and response time. Hypotheses derived from the model are tested in the case studies and policy implications are offered.

Review Text

`Seybolt presents a quantitative analysis drawing lessons from seventeen interventions...Seybolt's explanation of his methodology is impressive.'Aidan Hehir, Political Studies Review`Review from previous edition Seybolt rejects the majority of abstract, philosphical literature on the subject, to focus on real problems, faced by real practitioners both in theatre and in the halls of power. Military intervention in the name of humanity will remain a central policy challenge in the near future, and Seybolt's work succeeds in providing valuable new insights for practitioners at both ends of the spectrum. [The] Interesting case studies arewell researched and a pleasure to read.' 'Matthew Taylor, consultant in NATO's Public Diplomacy Division

Review Quote

'Review from previous edition Seybolt rejects the majority of abstract, philosphical literature on the subject, to focus on real problems, faced by real practitioners both in theatre and in the halls of power. Military intervention in the name of humanity will remain a central policy challengein the near future, and Seybolt's work succeeds in providing valuable new insights for practitioners at both ends of the spectrum. [The] Interesting case studies are well researched and a pleasure to read.' 'Matthew Taylor, consultant in NATO's Public Diplomacy Division

Details ISBN0199551057 Author Taylor B. Seybolt Short Title HUMANITARIAN MILITARY INTERVEN Language English ISBN-10 0199551057 ISBN-13 9780199551057 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 327.117 Year 2008 Imprint Oxford University Press Subtitle The Conditions for Success and Failure Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Series SIPRI Monographs Affiliation Senior Program Officer at the United States Institute for Peace DOI 10.1604/9780199551057 UK Release Date 2008-07-10 AU Release Date 2008-07-10 NZ Release Date 2008-07-10 Pages 312 Publisher Oxford University Press Publication Date 2008-07-10 Illustrations maps and tables Audience Undergraduate We've got this

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