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Reassuring the Reluctant Warriors : U.S. Civil-Military Relations and Multilateral Intervention /

Why did American leaders work hard to secure multilateral approval from the United Nations or NATO for military interventions in Haiti, Bosnia, and Kosovo, while making only limited efforts to gain such approval for the 2003 Iraq War? This book illuminates little-known aspects of U.S. decision makin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Recchia, Stefano, 1978- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : multilateralism and the generals
  • The value of multilateral legitimacy
  • Institutions, burden sharing, and the American military
  • Haiti, 1993-94 : multilateral approval to ensure a UN handoff
  • Bosnia, 1992-95 : the generals did not want to "own" it
  • Kosovo, 1998-99 : NATO's buy-in reassures the generals
  • Iraq, 1998-2003 : the top-ranking generals remain silent.