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mods: The politics of justifying force the Suez crisis, the Iraq War, and international law Peevers, Charlotte creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. History enk 2014 monographic eng remote 1 online resource The potential engagement of British forces in military action often leads to intense public debate. This book assesses the public legal justifications for such operations. It critiques the idea that using international legal norms to justify decisions on the use of force will necessarily result in fewer instances of military intervention. Cover; The Politics of Justifying Force: The Suez Crisis, the Iraq War, and International Law; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Cast of Characters; List of Abbreviations; 1: Prohibiting Force/Justifying Force; 1.1 The prohibition on the use of force, politics, and justification; 1.2 What does it mean to 'matter'?; 1.3 Authority, legitimacy, discourse; 1.4 Defining terms: elites, expertise, and 'the public'; 1.5 A note on method, on history and its uses; 1.6 The structure of the book; 2: Theorizing the Politics of Justification 2.1 Theoretical perspectives on international law and politics2.1.1 International relations theories: liberalism; 2.1.2 International relations theories: constructivism; 2.1.3 Legal theories: transnational legal process; 2.1.4 Legal theories: policy oriented jurisprudence; 2.1.5 A critically informed account of international law and politics; 2.2 The domestic impact of international norms: an existing theoretical model; 2.2.1 An illustrative example: the US and the Gulf War 1990-1; 2.2.2 Appraising the case study; 2.2.3 Constructing the model: domestic structural context 2.2.4 Constructing the model: domestic saliency2.3 The 'politics of justification'; 2.3.1 Blowback effects and domestic political contest; 2.3.2 The vacuum of historical context; 2.4 Mapping discourse; 2.4.1 Policy discourse; 2.4.2 Polling data; 2.4.3 The role of media; 2.5 Reflections on theorizing the politics of j…