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2019 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

1. Introduction

Author : Paul Tang Abomo

Published in: R2P and the US Intervention in Libya

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This chapter lays out the contents of the book and describes the author’s main argument: that the “Responsibility to Protect” (R2P) the Libyan people from large-scale massacre was the driving force behind US intervention in the Libyan civil war. It also introduces R2P’s main characters, Samantha Power, Susan Rice, and Hillary Rodham Clinton.

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Metadata
Title
Introduction
Author
Paul Tang Abomo
Copyright Year
2019
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Book
R2P and the US Intervention in Libya

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-78830-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-78831-9

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78831-9_1

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