Western military interventions after the Cold War : evaluating the wars of the west / Edited by Marek Madej.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Gulf : the first western war after the Cold War (Kamila Proninska) -- Bosnia-Herzegovina : the west in the service of the UN (Marek Madej) -- Kosovo : first war for human rights (Agnieszka Bienczyk-Missala) -- Afghanistan : the longest war, the greatest fiasco? (Marek Madej) -- Iraq 2003-2010 : a disastrous war of choice (Boleslaw Balcerowicz) -- Libya : when military success means state collapse (Anna Wojciuk) -- Liberal interventionism of the west after the Cold War : premises and consequences (Roman Kuzniar) -- Wars of the west : conflicts with no victory (Robert Kupiecki) -- Impact of western military interventions on the evolution of law on use of force (Patrycja Grzebyk) -- International humanitarian law in the context of armed interventions of the west (Agnieszka Bienczyk-Missala) -- The significance of the resource and energy factor in military interventions of the west after the Cold War (Kamila Proninska).