Some Corner of a Foreign Field

When is a war not a war? Under what circumstances is humanitarian intervention by the international community justified? In what circumstances can a state legitimately put at risk the lives of members of its armed forces? These are some of the questions raised through the essays contained in Some Corner of a Foreign Field . The authors consider the main ethical and political arguments surrounding the subject of intervention, and, between them, cover a wide range of areas, coming to focus on international institutions and international law, domestic and political viewpoints, humanitarian considerations, the applicability of the just war theory, and the role of public opinion and the media. The result is a book that throws open new doors and extends the range of discussion within the ongoing debate on defence and disarmament.

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Roger Williamson has been Vice-Chairman of the Council on Christian Approaches to Defense and Disarmament (CCADD), and is actively involved in committees of the Conference of European Churches and the World Council of Churches.

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Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Dedication and Introductory Essay Sydney D. Bailey (1919-1995): In Memoriam; R.Harries Introduction; M.Howard PART 1: INTERVENTION: THE NEW FACE OF WAR? State Sovereignty, Human Rights and Intervention; R.Williamson Some Corner of a Foreign Field; D.Fisher When Is a War not a War?; B.Wicker PART 2: INTERVENTION AND THE JUST WAR TRADITION Can Intervention be Just?; A.Harvey Humanitarian Intervention: The Contemporary Debate; O.Ramsbotham Second Thoughts on First Principles; H.Beach PART 3: WAR BY OTHER MEANS? WIDER DIMENSIONS OF THE DEBATE War by Other Means; O.O'Donovan Intervention and Crimes Against Humanity; B.Paskins From National to International Policing; B.Wicker PART 4: GEOPOLITICS, INTERNATIONAL LAW AND INTERVENTION Humanitarian Intervention: A New Role for the United Nations; C.Ero & S.Long Use of Armed Forces as an Instrument of Policy; C.Barnett Post-Cold War Illusions and Daunting Realities; R.Falk PART 5: TRIED AND FOUND WANTING? THE UNITED NATIONS UNDER SCRUTINY Cases and Criteria: The UN in Iraq, Bosnia and Somalia; C.Ero & S.Long The Ethics of Intervention and Former Yugoslavia; D.Fisher Rwanda: The Media and the Message; C.Ero & S.Long PART 6: INTERVENTION BY WESTERN POWERS: GETTING IN AND GETTING OUT Causes, Aims and Means of Intervention; H.Beach The Foreign Policy of Western Countries: The Problem of Intervention; J.Roper The Past and the Future of Intervention: A View from the United States; J.Langan PART 7: INTERIM EVALUATION Sword and Pen: Journalists and the Wars of the Future; B.Beedham The UN: Peace and Security: A Balance Sheet; A.Parsons An Ethical Framework: Or Just Intervention?; R.Williamson Index