The Purpose of Intervention: Changing Beliefs about the Use of Force

by Martha Finnemore

Book Overview

Violence or the potential for violence is a fact of human existence. Many societies, including our own, reward martial success or skill at arms. The ways in which members of a particular society use force reveal a great deal about the nature of authority within the group and about its members' priorities.

In The Purpose of Intervention, Martha Finnemore uses one type of force, military intervention, as a window onto the shifting character...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801438454
• ISBN13: 9780801438455
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher