Humanitarian Intervention in the Long Nineteenth Century: Setting the Precedent

This book is a comprehensive presentation of humanitarian intervention in theory and practice during the course of the nineteenth century. Through four case studies, it sheds new light on the international law debate and the political theory on intervention, linking them to ongoing issues, and paying particular attention to the lesser known Russian dimension.

The book begins by tracing the genealogy of the idea of humanitarian intervention to the Renaissance, evaluating the Eurocentric gaze of the civilisation-barbarity dichotomy, and elucidates the international legal arguments of both advocates and opponents of intervention, as well as the views of major political theorists. It then goes on to examine four cases as humanitarian interventions: the Greek War of Independence (1821-31), the Lebanon and Syria (1860-61), the Bulgarian atrocities (1876-78), and the U.S. intervention in Cuba (1895-98).

Humanitarian intervention in the long nineteenth century will be of benefit to scholars and students of International Relations, international history, international law and international political theory.

Author: Alexis Heraclides, Ada Dialla
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 06/01/2015
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780719089909

About the Author
Alexis Heraclides is Professor of International Relations and Conflict Resolution at the Department of Political Science and History of the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens Ada Dialla is Assistant Professor of European History at the Department of Theory and History of Art, Athens School of Fine Arts