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Selling a just war : framing, legitimacy and US military intervention
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Title
Selling a just war : framing, legitimacy and US military intervention / Michael J. Butler.
ISBN
9780230374980
0230374980
0230360645
9780230360648
Published
Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Physical Description
1 online resource. (1 volume)
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Summary
Michael J. Butler uses Just War theory to analyze how the decision to go to war was framed for public consumption in three recent U.S. military interventions: the Gulf War, Kosovo, and Afghanistan. He shows how presenting operations as legitimate and virtuous has proven to be a highly salient, adaptable, and therefore effective mechanism for manufacturing societal support. This crucial component of foreign policy allows the President to sustain an effective monopoly over war decisions for the continued primacy of military force in U.S.
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Palgrave political & international studies collection 2012.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 19, 2018
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction
Entering the Just War 'Conversation'
Framing, Foreign Policy, and Just Wars
Analyzing the Just War Frame
The Gulf War: Desert Shield, Desert Storm
Kosovo: Allied Force and the Noble Anvil
Afghanistan: Enduring Freedom and Infinite Justice
Conclusion: Selling a Just War.
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