Limit search to available items
Book Cover
E-book
Author Williams, M. J., 1979-

Title The good war : NATO and the liberal conscience in Afghanistan / M.J. Williams
Published Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

Copies

Description 1 online resource (xvii, 171 pages) : map
Contents Introduction: on wars: 'Good' and 'Bad' -- NATO in an Age of Risk -- Empires of liberty -- The hedgehog and the fox: Euro-American Visions of 9/11 -- Soldiers of misfortune -- International (Dis)Organization -- Empire lite -- NATO, Afghanistan and security in a networked world -- Epilogue: revisiting the liberal conscience
Summary "The Good War tackles the issue of NATO in Afghanistan, exploring NATO's evolution in the 1990s and blending NATO's transformation from a reactive defense organization into a pro-active risk manager with the ethic of liberalism. It raises questions, such as why an alliance built upon the territorial defense of Europe ended up in Afghanistan"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-169) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject North Atlantic Treaty Organization
SUBJECT North Atlantic Treaty Organization fast
NATO. swd
Battle Griffin 99 gnd
Subject Afghan War, 2001-2021.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- International Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Affairs & Administration.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
HISTORY -- Asia -- Central Asia.
HISTORY -- Asia -- General.
Afghanistankrieg 2001-2021
Afghanistan
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780230348660
0230348661
129982725X
9781299827257