Humanitarian intervention is a multifaceted issue that has been a matter of concern in international policy and legal fields for many decades. It is often defined as "[...] the threat or use of force across State borders by a State (or group of States) for the purpose of preventing or ending serious violations and generalized basic human rights of individuals other than its own citizens, without the permission of the state on whose territory the force is applied” (Keohane 1). After the prosecution of the Nazis in the Nuremberg trials on the basis of "crimes against humanity" and genocide, the violation of human rights became a more important issue in the country. international society (Buchanan 136). However, when situations of human rights violations reach emergency levels, it becomes complicated to intervene despite international laws condemning genocide and other large-scale human rights violations. This is due to Article 2(4) and Chapters VI and VII of the United Nations Charter, which essentially states that nations cannot intervene militarily in the affairs of other nations (Wheeler 41). These laws make it difficult for nations to help oppressed citizens of other nations, unless the human rights violations constitute a "threat to international peace and security" or unless whether the intervention is in self-defense or otherwise authorized by the UN Security Council (Wheeler 92). .The books Humanitarian Intervention: Ethical, Legal, and Political Dilemmas, by Robert Keohane and JL Holzgrefe, and Saving Strangers: Humanitarian Intervention in International Society by Nicholas J. Wheeler contain valuable information and analysis on the subject of unauthorized intervention . Humanitarian Intervention is a collection of selected essays by Keohane and H...... middle of the article ......eeler and the way his information supported a single argument, I found that It was easier to follow, while Holzgrefe and Keohane's were more informative about the breadth of views surrounding the subject. Unauthorized humanitarian intervention is a complex issue in international society and can be analyzed in depth and in many different ways. Looking at this issue from a moral, philosophical, and political perspective, one can make many different arguments about how to reconcile legal issues with the moral intuition to act to help those who are oppressed. Saving Strangers, by arguing from a single point of view, and Humanitarian Intervention, by compiling many different opinions, both provide informative and well-written summaries of one of the most complex issues that have affected international relations in recent times. decades..