New War, Good War and the War on Terror

Explaining, Excusing and Creating Western Neo-interventionism

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5032972
AutoresHelen Dexter (University of Salford, autor correspondente)
Ano2007
Volume38
Fascículo6
Páginas1055-1071
Data de publicação2007-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoDevelopment and Change (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0012-155X • E-ISSN: 1467-7660
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-7660.2007.00446.x
OpenAlexW1956538596
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas19
Referências citadas22

This contribution is concerned with the manner in which current dominant security narratives intersect with discourses of imperialism and post-imperialism with regard to the post-Cold War dominance of the United States, and more specifically with the way in which such discourses create both moral justification and enabling conditions for Western interventionism. By addressing the relationship between the narrative of the 'new war' and the return of the 'Good War', this essay argues that the new war theory has not only been used to describe, explain and excuse western intervention but that, through de-politicizing, de-contextualizing and criminalizing non-western warfare, the new war theory has helped to create the conditions that support the 'war on terror

Asymmetric warfare · Development economics · Dominance (genetics) · Economics · Excuse · International relations · Interventionism (politics) · Just war theory · Narrative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Law · Philosophy · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence