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The European Union and the Use of Military Force

Uncovering the myths

Tommi Koivula

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English
Routledge
03 June 2016
Koivula examines the discursive space related to the use of military force by the European Union (EU). By examining the EU's relationship to its use of military force during the course of its history and by demonstrating that the contemporary discursive space of the EU military dimension is incoherent in nature and contains inherent contradictions,

he seeks to answer the related question of whether extreme forms of military enforcement, for example killing, is appropriate for the EU.

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Imprint:   Routledge
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 156mm, 
Weight:   220g
ISBN:   9781472468055
ISBN 10:   1472468058
Pages:   146
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Audience:   College/higher education ,  A / AS level ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
1: Haunted by the Use of Military Force 2: The Approach of This Book 3: The CSDP in the Light of Myths 4: Use of Military Force in CSDP Key Policy Statements 5: Use of Military Force in CSDP Operations 6: Use of Military Force as It Appears in the Unofficial Debate on CSDP 7: In Search of Credibility

Tommi Koivula is a Doctor of Social Sciences (University of Tampere, 2004) and works as a senior researcher at the Department of Warfare, the Finnish National Defence University. His current research areas include the security aspects of European integration and International Relations theory. Previously, he has been a lecturer at the University of Tampere and a visiting researcher at the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK, in 2001.

Reviews for The European Union and the Use of Military Force: Uncovering the myths

'Decisions taken at Helsinki launched the EU's military dimension, and it is worth listening to a Finnish voice on what happened next. In this book, Dr Koivula pulls apart several myths and false debates to focus on the use of military force under the EU Common Security and Defence Policy. What does the EU say (or avoid saying) about this, and what does it actually do? Bearing in mind the traditional idea of using force as a test of effective power in the world, what do the answers tell us more generally about the Union? Using the newest research concepts and techniques, this book offers frank and clear answers to some tangled and (for Europeans) surprisingly sensitive questions.' Alyson J.K. Bailes, University of Iceland, Iceland


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