Democracy By Force: US Military Intervention In The Post-Cold War World

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Since the end of the Cold War, the international community, and the USA in particular, has intervened in a series of civil conflicts around the world. In a number of cases, where actions such as economic sanctions or diplomatic pressures have failed, military interventions have been undertaken. This 1999 book examines four US-sponsored interventions (Panama, Somalia, Haiti and Bosnia), focusing on efforts to reconstruct the state which have followed military action. Such nation-building is vital if conflict is not to recur. In each of the four cases, Karin von Hippel considers the factors which led the USA to intervene, the path of military intervention, and the nation-building efforts which followed. The book seeks to provide a greater understanding of the successes and failures of US policy, to improve strategies for reconstruction, and to provide some insight into the conditions under which intervention and nation-building are likely to succeed. Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 2 Title - Series......Page 4 Title - Full......Page 6 Copyright......Page 7 Contents......Page 8 List of maps......Page 9 Acknowledgements......Page 10 List of abbreviations......Page 12 1 - Introduction: dangerous hubris......Page 14 2 - Invasion or intervention? Operation Just Cause......Page 40 3 - Disappointed and defeated in Somalia......Page 68 4 - Heartened in Haiti......Page 105 5 - UNPROFOR, IFOR and SFOR: can peace be FORced on Bosnia?......Page 140 6 - Hubris or progress: can democracy be forced?......Page 181 Bibliography......Page 220 Index......Page 228