Author： Nicholas J. Wheeler Publisher： Oxford University Press， USA
　　Extent to which humanitarian intervention has become a legitimate practice in post-cold war international society is the subject of this book. It maps the changing legitimacy of humanitarian intervention by comparing the international response to cases of humanitarian intervention in the cold war and post-cold war periods.
　　Each chapter tells a story of intervention that weaves together a study of motives， justifications and outcomes. A key focus is to examine how is humanitarian intervention legitimate in present diplomatic dialogues. The book concludes by considering how far contemporary practices of humanitarian intervention support a new solidarism， and how far this resolves the traditional conflict between order and justice in international society.
　　这是一本具有厚重感的书，以坚实的理论为基础，提出一套人道主义干涉的理论，并用极其丰富的史实资料，对理论加以检验。本书最大的两个特点，就是包含人道主义同情心和充分运用理论联系实际的写作技巧，作者不惜笔墨从道义上论证其合理性，并从维护人类文明价值的高度看到“拯救陌生人”的长远意义。为了论证书中每一个论点，除了同情心之外，还用实践仔细证明，以阐明作者并非是在做空洞的道德说教，而是基于现实的深思熟虑。
　　通过此书可以了解到二十世纪后半期在人道主义干涉中发生的历史事件，也可以了解到英国学派的社会连带主义的人道主义干涉研究中的最新发展。而对于任何一位关注人类生存和国际社会和谐发展的读者来说，这本书更是值得一读。