Mats Berdal is Professor of Security and Development in the Department of War Studies at King's College London. He was formerly the Director of Studies at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. Spyros Economides is Senior Lecturer in the European Institute of the London School of Economics. He was a Research Associate of the International Institute for Strategic Studies and has served as Specialist Adviser to the EU Committee of the House of Lords.

'This book represents a major contribution to the existing literature on intervention in international society. Containing important case studies and locating these in the changing context of 'the new interventionism', it is a key reference point in the debate.' Nicholas Wheeler, University of Wales

• 1. Introduction James Mayall; 2. Cambodia Mats Berdal and Michael Leifer; 3. Former Yugoslavia Spyros Economides and Paul Taylor; 4. Somalia Ioan Lewis and James Mayall; 5. Rwanda Bruce D. Jones; 6. Haiti David M. Malone and Sebastian Von Einsiedel; 7. East Timor Simon Chesterman; 8. Kosovo Spyros Economides; 9. Sierra Leone Adekeye Adebajo and David Keen.