The Question of Intervention: John Stuart Mill and the Responsibility to Protect

by Michael W. Doyle

Book Overview

The question of when or if a nation should intervene in another country's affairs is one of the most important concerns in today's volatile world. Taking John Stuart Mill's famous 1859 essay "A Few Words on Non-Intervention" as his starting point, international relations scholar Michael W. Doyle addresses the thorny issue of when a state's sovereignty should be respected and when it should be overridden or disregarded by other states in the name of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300230605
• ISBN13: 9780300230604
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.9"