Humanitarian Intervention in the Long Nineteenth Century: Setting the Precedent

Alexis Heraclides

ISBN 10: 0719089905 / ISBN 13: 9780719089909

Published by Manchester University Press, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Humanitarian Intervention in the Long Nineteenth Century: Setting the Precedent
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0719089905
• ISBN 13: 9780719089909
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 484 grams

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Synopsis

This book is a comprehensive presentation of humanitarian intervention in theory and practice during the course of the nineteenth century. Through four case studies, it sheds new light on the international law debate and the political theory on intervention, linking them to ongoing issues, and paying particular attention to the lesser known Russian dimension.

The book begins by tracing the genealogy of the idea of humanitarian intervention to the Renaissance, evaluating the Eurocentric gaze of the civilisation-barbarity dichotomy, and elucidates the international legal arguments of both advocates and opponents of intervention, as well as the views of major political theorists. It then goes on to examine four cases as humanitarian interventions: the Greek War of Independence (1821-31), the Lebanon and Syria (1860-61), the Bulgarian atrocities (1876-78), and the U.S. intervention in Cuba (1895-98).

Humanitarian intervention in the long nineteenth century will be of benefit to scholars and students of International Relations, international history, international law and international political theory.

An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.

About the Authors

Alexis Heraclides is Professor of International Relations and Conflict Resolution at the Department of Political Science and History of the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens

Ada Dialla is Assistant Professor of European History at the Department of Theory and History of Art, Athens School of Fine Arts