In the Wake of Somalia

Abstract

In December, 1992, President Bush set a new precedent for the use of the United States military when he sent troops into Somalia for the humanitarian purpose of ending their famine. This thesis takes the perspective of the United States soldier, and asks whether or not is is morally justifiable to use the United States military to stage purely humanitarian interventions. To get to a point where this question can even be addressed, however, some preliminary problems must be resolved: What is humanitarian intervention? From whose rights, and whose duties, does it stem? Is humanitarian intervention justifiable? Permissible? Obligatory? What are the principles that guide our actions?

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA275183

Entities

People

  • Tammy Phillips

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

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  • Air Force
  • Congress
  • Foreign Policy
  • Freedom Of Speech
  • Governments
  • Human Rights
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • Military History
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Treaties
  • United Nations
  • United States

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  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design