Bringing together both contemporary and historical just war concepts, Peter Lee shows that Blair's illusion of morality evaporated quickly and irretrievably after the 2003 Iraq invasion because the ideas Blair relied upon were taken out of their historical context and applied in a global political system wherethey no longer hold sway. PETER LEE Lecturer in Air Power Studies at King's College London, based atRAF College Cranwell in Lincolnshire, UK. During the build-up to the 2003 invasion and for most of the period of the UK's involvement in Iraq, he served asa RAF chaplain. He is regularly invited as a public speaker to give seminars on this subject to military, academic and wider audiences. INDICE: Introduction - Blair and Just Intervention - Are We Sure of Our Case? - Views from the Academy - Authority, Legitimacy and War - Regime Change -Confronting Tyranny - Protecting the Weak - Fighting the Fight - Reflections
- ISBN: 978-0-230-31927-1
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 224
- Fecha Publicación: 11/11/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés