The question of intervention : John Stuart Mill and the responsibility to protect / Michael W. Doyle.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nonintervention -- Exceptions That Override -- Exceptions That Disregard -- Libya, the "Responsibility to Protect," and the New Moral Minimum -- Postbellum Peacebuilding -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: John Stuart Mill's "A Few Words on Non-Intervention" -- Appendix 2: List of Interventions, 1815-2003 / Michael Doyle and Camille Strauss-Kahn.

"The question of when or if a nation should intervene in another country's affairs is one of the most important concerns in today's volatile world. Taking John Stuart Mill's famous 1859 essay 'A Few Words on Non-Intervention' as his starting point, international relations scholar Michael W. Doyle addresses the thorny issue of when a state's sovereignty should be respected and when it should be overridden or disregarded by other states in the name of humanitarian protection, national self-determination, or national security. In this time of complex social and political interplay and increasingly sophisticated and deadly weaponry, Doyle reinvigorates Mill's principles for a new era while assessing the new United Nations doctrine of responsibility to protect. In the twenty-first century, intervention can take many forms: military and economic, unilateral and multilateral. Doyle's thought-provoking argument examines essential moral and legal questions underlying significant American foreign policy dilemmas of recent years, including Libya, Iraq, and Afghanistan"-- Provided by publisher.