| Orphan of the Cold War: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Angolan Peace Process, 1992-93 1996 Edition Contributor(s): Anstee, M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333664450 ISBN-13: 9780333664452 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - Central - Literary Criticism - Political Science | International Relations - General |
| Dewey: 967.304 |
| Series: Inside Story of the Collapse of the Angolan Peace Process, 1 |
| Physical Information: 1.44" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.97 lbs) 566 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the personal story of Dame Margaret Anstee's experiences as Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the UN for Angola and Head of the UN peacekeeping mission there from February 1992 to June 1993. Formerly a colony of Portugal, Angola was awarded independence following the democratization of Portugal in 1975. After independence, disagreement emerged between Angola's main ethno-political groups which resulted in one of the most bloody civil wars the world has known. The author, the first woman to head a peacekeeping mission, intersperses personal experiences with events as they unfold, describing the horrendous sufferings of the Angolan people and analyses the reasons for the collapse of the process and the lessons for UN peacekeeping generally. |