Blair's Successful War: British Military Intervention in Sierra Leone

Dorman introduces Sierra Leone as Blair's second great military adventure after Kosovo and the first he undertook on his own. It is tied to Blair's 1999 Chicago speech on the 'Doctrine of the International Community', his move towards humanitarianism and the impact of the Kosovo experience. This book links this move to the rise of cosmopolitan militaries and the increasing involvement of western forces in humanitarian operations and their impact on the international system. Furthermore, it places it within the context of defence transformation and the emerging Western expeditionary capabilities in particular the European Union's new battlegroup concept and developments in concepts such as Network Centric Warfare and Networked Enabled Capability.By looking at the whole campaign and considering the impact on the Blair government, this book is a key reader for courses on African studies, the British Government and military studies and defence transformation.