Review: The Purpose of Intervention

Published date01 June 2004
Date01 June 2004
DOI10.1177/002070200405900217
Subject MatterReview
Reviews
words,
the
strength
of
opposing
governments
"will
give
way
to
those
who
demand
the
right
to
peace,
just
as
the
forces
of
slavery,
colonial-
ism
and
apartheid
gave
way
when the
opposition
became
strong
enough.
That
is why
developing
the
elements
of
a
culture
of
peace...
is
so
important.
A
culture
of
peace
will
not
only
make
the
world
a
more
humane
place,
it
will
lead
inexorably to
the
acquisition
of
the
human
right
to
peace"
(p
230).
The
Human
Right
to
Peace
is
a
very
timely
and
relevant
book that
addresses
many
critical
global
issues-issues
that
will
determine
our
future
and
that of
succeeding
generations.
Aside
from
the
1997
Carnegie
Commission
Report
on
the
Prevention
of
Deadly
Conflict
and numerous,
occasionally
tedious,
UN
documents,
there
has
been
insufficient
attention
in any
systematic
study on
the
steps necessary to
develop
a
culture
of
peace.
In
this
respect,
Roche
has
filled
an
enor-
mous
void
in the
available
literature.
This
book
was
not
written
solely
for
a
select,
expert
audience.
It
stands
out
for being
a
clear,
concise
and
easy
read.
It
should
be
required reading
for
students,
teachers,
parents,
activists,
officials
and,
most
particularly,
politicians.
H.
Peter
Langille/Centre
for
Global
Studies,
University
of
Victoria
THE
PURPOSE OF INTERVENTION
Changing
Beliefs
about
the
Use
of
Force
Martha
Finnemore
Ithaca,
NY:
Cornell
University
Press,
2003.
x,
173pp,
us$26.00
cloth
(ISBN
0-8014-3845-4)
All
societies
regulate
the
use
of
force
among members. In
interna-
tional
society, those
states
with
the
means
to
use
force
against
oth-
ers
have
enforced
understandings
of
right
and
permissible
conduct
and
punished
actions
branded
as
"illegitimate"
through
military
interven-
tion. Martha
Finnemore
argues
that
the
reasons
and
meanings
behind
military
intervention,
as
well
as
the
ways
in
which it
is
carried
out,
have
changed
dramatically
over
the
history
of
the
states
system.
These
changes in
the patterns
of
military
intervention,
she
further
contends,
cannot
be
explained
merely
by
alterations
in
material
factors,
such
as
the
balance
of
power
or military
technology.
Instead,
what
has
changed
460 INTERNATIONAL
JOURNAL
Spring
2004

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