Title The NATO intervention in Libya : lessons learned from the campaign / edited by Kjell Engelbrekt, Marcus Mohlin, and Charlotte Wagnsson

Published London ; New York : Routledge / Taylor and Francis Group, 2014 ©2014

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 249 pages) : illustrations Series Contemporary security studies Contemporary security studies. Contents Part I. The law and politics of intervention -- part II. The military campaign -- part III. Auxiliary measures and arrangements Summary "This book explores 'lessons learned' from the military intervention in Libya by examining key aspects of the 2011 NATO campaign. NATO's intervention in Libya had unique features, rendering it unlikely to serve as a model for action in other situations. There was an explicit UN Security Council mandate to use military force, a strong European commitment to protect Libyan civilians, Arab League political endorsement and American engagement in the critical, initial phase of the air campaign. Although the seven-month intervention stretched NATO's ammunition stockpiles and political will almost to their respective breaking points, the definitive overthrow of the Gaddafi regime is universally regarded as a major accomplishment. With contributions from a range of key thinkers and analysts in the field, the book first explains the law and politics of the intervention, starting out with deliberations in NATO and at the UN Security Council, both noticeably influenced by the concept of a Responsibility to Protect (R2P). It then goes on to examine a wide set of military and auxiliary measures that governments and defence forces undertook in order to increasingly tilt the balance against the Gaddafi regime and to bring about an end to the conflict, as well as to the intervention proper, while striving to keep the number of NATO and civilian casualties to a minimum. This book will be of interest to students of strategic studies, history and war studies, and IR in general"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Armed Forces -- Libya SUBJECT North Atlantic Treaty Organization fast Subject Military assistance, European -- Libya Military assistance, American -- Libya Regime change -- Libya Intervention (International law) POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- International Security. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Peace. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Diplomacy. HISTORY -- Africa -- North. Armed Forces Intervention (International law) Military assistance, American Military assistance, European Military participation -- American Military participation -- European Regime change SUBJECT Libya -- History -- Civil War, 2011- -- Participation, European Libya -- History -- Civil War, 2011- -- Participation, American Subject Libya Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book Author Engelbrekt, Kjell, author, editor Mohlin, Marcus, 1965- author, editor. Wagnsson, Charlotte, editor ISBN 9781134514038 1134514034 9781315889719 1315889714

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