The No-Fly Zone in US Foreign Policy: The Curious Persistence of a Flawed Instrument

Gustav Meibauer

doi:10.46692/9781529244304

The no-fly zone is a frequently used instrument in the US foreign policy arsenal, despite detrimental, or even catastrophic, results. This book examines why the instrument has such a hold on leaders' imaginations and rhetoric despite its patchy record in practice.

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The Curious Persistence of a Flawed Instrument

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Dedication
pp iii-iv

Contents
pp v-v

About the Author
pp vi-vi

Acknowledgements
pp vii-viii

Introduction
pp 1-20

1 - A Neoclassical Realist Theory of Muddled Intervention
pp 21-42

2 - Bush Sr and the Iraqi No-Fly Zones
pp 43-64

3 - Clinton and the Bosnian No-Fly Zone
pp 65-86

4 - Clinton, Bush Jr and Potential No-Fly Zones in Kosovo and Sudan
pp 87-100

5 - Obama and the Libyan No-Fly Zone
pp 101-117

6 - A No-Fly Zone for Syria?
pp 118-134

7 - No-Fly Zones in US Foreign Policy: Past, Present and Future
pp 135-152

References
pp 153-184

Index
pp 185-201

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