Event Title
Poster: Bringing Stability to a Chaotic Scene: The Changing Logic of U.S. Justifications for Military Intervention
Location
Moakley Atrium
Start Time
14-5-2008 2:40 PM
End Time
14-5-2008 4:00 PM
Description
The United States has used or threatened the use of force to protect its citizens, its territory, and/or its ideals. However, over the past 25 years there has been a shift in American and global thinking about military intervention. This paper examines how this logic has changed. In particular, I demonstrate how U.S. presidents have articulated a new mission for the U.S. of force, what I call the “peacekeeping mission”. This “new” logic has distinct rhetorical characteristics and is part of a larger evolution in discussions how and why the United States, along with other nation-states, should use force. By examining presidential rhetoric on the peacekeeping mission, we can tap into a larger conversation about the changing dynamics surrounding military intervention in a post-Cold War and post-9/11 world.
Poster: Bringing Stability to a Chaotic Scene: The Changing Logic of U.S. Justifications for Military Intervention
Moakley Atrium
The United States has used or threatened the use of force to protect its citizens, its territory, and/or its ideals. However, over the past 25 years there has been a shift in American and global thinking about military intervention. This paper examines how this logic has changed. In particular, I demonstrate how U.S. presidents have articulated a new mission for the U.S. of force, what I call the “peacekeeping mission”. This “new” logic has distinct rhetorical characteristics and is part of a larger evolution in discussions how and why the United States, along with other nation-states, should use force. By examining presidential rhetoric on the peacekeeping mission, we can tap into a larger conversation about the changing dynamics surrounding military intervention in a post-Cold War and post-9/11 world.