Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Notes on contributors
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- I Introduction
- 1 Broaching the issues
- II The domestic and international context
- III Traditional contributors to international military operations
- IV Newcomers to international military operations
- V Permanent members of the UN Security Council
- VI Conclusion
- Appendix A. Uses of military forces under the auspices of the UN and NATO
- Appendix B. Country participation in international operations, 1945–2000
- References
- Index
1 - Broaching the issues
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 July 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Notes on contributors
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- I Introduction
- 1 Broaching the issues
- II The domestic and international context
- III Traditional contributors to international military operations
- IV Newcomers to international military operations
- V Permanent members of the UN Security Council
- VI Conclusion
- Appendix A. Uses of military forces under the auspices of the UN and NATO
- Appendix B. Country participation in international operations, 1945–2000
- References
- Index
Summary
The attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in the Washington, DC area on September 11, 2001 were a sobering reminder that the use of force to destroy is still very much a part of life. The instruments of war may have changed and the field of battle been redefined, but the use of force to change the existing political order cannot yet be relegated to history. For the United States, September 11 was a further reminder of one of the principal functions of government – protection of its citizens. For the world, this event added the dimension of states waging war against a non-state enemy. Applying traditional methods and means to fighting a global but non state threat and attack will engage lawyers, analysts, and policy makers for some time.
International responses to September 11 showed how the world had changed since 1941, the last time the United States was attacked from abroad on its territory. In 2001, the United Nations Security Council invoked Chapter VII and the North Atlantic Council took action under Article 5 to authorize US measures to counter a threat to the peace and restore stability to the North Atlantic area. The US government paid close attention to the reactions, not only of its own citizens, but of a diverse global public opinion, to the attacks and its response to them.
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