List of Contributors p. ix
1 Introduction: The Jus Contra Bellum and the Power of Precedent Tom Ruys and Olivier Corten and Alexandra Hofer p. 1
2 The Caroline Incident-1837 Michael Wood p. 5
Part 1 The Cold War Era (1945-89)
3 The Korean War-1950-53 Nigel D White p. 17
4 The Suez Crisis-1956 Alexandra Hofer p. 36
5 The Soviet Intervention in Hungary-1956 Eliav Lieblich p. 48
6 The U-2 Incident-1960 Ki-Gab Park p. 67
7 The Belgian Intervention in the Congo-1960 and 1964 Robert Kolb p. 76
8 The Indian Intervention in Goa-1961 Tom Ruys p. 85
9 The Cuban Missile Crisis-1962 Alexander Orakhelashvili p. 97
10 The Gulf of Tonkin Incident-1964 Douglas Guilfoyle p. 108
11 The US Intervention in the Dominican Republic-1965 Christian Walter p. 118
12 The Six Day War-1967 John Quigley p. 131
13 The Intervention in Czechoslovakia-1968 Gerhard Hafner p. 143
14 The USS Pueblo Incident-1968 Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg p. 158
15 The Indian Intervention into (East) Pakistan-1971 Dino Kritsiotis p. 169
16 The Yom Kippur War-1973 François Dubuisson and Vaios Koutroulis p. 189
17 Turkey''s Intervention in Cyprus-1974 Oliver Dörr p. 201
18 The Mayaguez Incident-1975 Natalino Ronzitti p. 213
19 The Entebbe Raid-1976 Claus Kreβ and Benjamin K Nuβberger p. 220
20 The Larnaca Incident-1978 Constantine Antonopoulos p. 234
21 The Vietnamese Intervention in Cambodia-1978 Gregory H Fox p. 242
22 The Ugandan-Tanzanian War-1978-79 Kenneth Chan p. 255
23 Operation Litani-1978 Myra Williamson p. 269
24 The Lebanon War-1982 Myra Williamson p. 284
25 The Soviet Intervention in Afghanistan-1979-80 Georg Nolte and Janina Barkholdt p. 297
26 The US Hostage Rescue Operation in Iran-1980 Mathias Forteau and Alison See Ying Xiu p. 306
27 The Iran-Iraq War-1980-88 Andrea de Guttry p. 315
28 Israel''s Airstrike Against Iraq''s Osiraq Nuclear Reactor-1981 Tom Ruys p. 329
29 The US Intervention in Nicaragua-1981-88 Jörg Kammerhofer p. 342
30 The Falklands/Malvinas War-1982 Etienne Henry p. 361
31 South African Incursions into Lesotho-1982 Theresa Reinold p. 379
32 The Intervention of the United States and other Eastern Caribbean States in Grenada-1983 Nabil Hajjami p. 385
33 The Israeli Raid Against the PLO Headquarters in Tunis-1985 Erin Pobjie and Fanny Declercq and Raphaël van Steenberghe p. 395
34 The Killing of Khalil al-Wazir by Israeli Commandos in Tunis-1988 Erin Pobjie and Fanny Declercq and Raphaël van Steenberghe p. 403
35 The US Strikes Against Libya-1986 Maurice Kamto p. 408
36 The US Intervention in Panama-1989 Nicholas Tsagourias p. 426
Part 2 The Post-Cold War Era (1990-2000)
37 The Ecowas Intervention in Liberia-1990-97 Ugo Villani p. 441
38 The Gulf War-1990-91 Erika de Wet p. 456
39 Intervention in Iraq''s Kurdish Region and the Creation of the No-Fly Zones in Northern and Southern Iraq-1991-2003 Tarcisio Gazzini p. 469
40 The Intervention in Somalia-1992-95 Terry D Gill and Kinga Tibori-Szabó p. 482
41 The Intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina-1992-95 Pierre Klein p. 495
42 The US Airstrike Against the Iraqi Intelligence Headquarters-1993 Paulina Starski p. 504
43 The Ecowas Intervention in Sierra Leone-1997-99 Susan Breau p. 527
44 The US Strikes in Sudan and Afghanistan-1998 Enzo Cannizzaro and Aurora Rasi p. 541
45 The Eritrean-Ethiopian War-1998-2000 Sean D Murphy p. 552
46 The Great African War and the Intervention by Uganda and Rwanda in the Democratic Republic of Congo-1998-2003 James A Green p. 575
47 The Kosovo Crisis-1999 Daniel Franchini and Antonios Tzanakopoulos p. 594
Part 3 The Post 9/11-Era (2001-)
48 The Intervention in Afghanistan-2001- Michael Byers p. 625
49 The Iraq War-2003 Marc Weller p. 639
50 Israeli Airstrikes in Syria-2003 and 2007 Lindsay Moir p. 662
51 The Israeli Intervention in Lebanon-2006 Christian J Tarns and Wenke Brückner p. 673
52 The Turkish Intervention Against the PKK in Northern Iraq-2007-08 Kimberley N Trapp p. 689
53 ''Operation Phoenix'', the Colombian Raid Against the FARC in Ecuador-2008 Mónica Pinto and Marcos Kotlik p. 702
54 The Conflict in Georgia-2008 Christine Gray p. 712
55 Israeli Military Operations Against Gaza: Operation Cast Lead (2008-09), Operation Pillar of Defence (2012), and Operation Protective Edge (2014) Christian Henderson p. 729
56 The NATO Intervention in Libya-2011 Ashley Deeks p. 749
57 US Extra-Territorial Actions Against Individuals: Bin Laden, Al Awlaki, and Abu Khattalah-2011 and 2014 David Kretzmer p. 760
58 The Intervention in Cote d''Ivoire-2011 Dire Tladi p. 783
59 The Intervention of the Gulf Cooperation Council in Bahrain-2011 Agatha Verdebout p. 795
60 The Ethiopian Military Intervention in Somalia-2011 Jean-Christophe Martin p. 803
61 The Intervention of France and African Countries in Mali-2013 Karine Bannelier and Theodore Christakis p. 812
62 Threats of and Actual Military Strikes Against Syria-2013 and 2017 Anne Lagerwall p. 828
63 The Crisis in Ukraine-2014 Mary Ellen O''Connell p. 855
64 The Military Operations Against the ''Islamic State'' (ISIL or Da''esh)-2014 Olivier Corten p. 873
65 The Saudi-led Military Intervention in Yemen''s Civil War-2015 Luca Ferro and Tom Ruys p. 899
66 The Ecowas Intervention in The Gambia-2016 Mohamed S. Helal p. 912
Index p. 933
