Download or read book Legitimacy and the Use of Armed Force written by Chiyuki Aoi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-10-04 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the notion of legitimacy to explain the success (or failure) of stability operations in the post-Cold War era. The author argues that the intervening force must create an enduring sense of the legitimacy of its mission among various parties such as the people of the host nation, the host government, political elites and the general public worldwide, and states in the international community that will determine and establish conditions regarding legitimate intervention.