| Peacekeeping: Outspoken Observations by a Field Officer Contributor(s): Allan, James H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0275953610 ISBN-13: 9780275953614 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1996 Annotation: This study argues, based on the author's firsthand experience with five United Nations peacekeeping missions, that classic peacekeepers in the Cold War era could play a limited but nonetheless useful role in international conflict control. However, in the post-Cold War period, some new approaches to peacekeeping and ventures into enforcement have been unsuccessful, and the United Nations has lost much credibility in the art of peacekeeping. In a violent world, peacekeeping will always play a minor supporting role to traditional diplomacy among the great powers and to coalition and alliance efforts to control conflict. The author's involvement in peacekeeping missions in Cyprus, Iran-Iraq, and other parts of the Middle East over the period from 1967 to 1990 gives him a rare and informed perspective on peacekeeping. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | International - Political Science | International Relations - Arms Control |
| Dewey: 341.584 |
| LCCN: 95037754 |
| Lexile Measure: 1430 |
| Series: Praeger Series in War Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.38" W x 9.64" (1.00 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study argues, based on the author's firsthand experience with five United Nations peacekeeping missions, that classic peacekeepers in the Cold War era could play a limited but nonetheless useful role in international conflict control. However, in the post-Cold War period, some new approaches to peacekeeping and ventures into enforcement have been unsuccessful, and the United Nations has lost much credibility in the art of peacekeeping. In a violent world, peacekeeping will always play a minor supporting role to traditional diplomacy among the great powers and to coalition and alliance efforts to control conflict. The author's involvement in peacekeeping missions in Cyprus, Iran-Iraq, and other parts of the Middle East over the period from 1967 to 1990 gives him a rare and informed perspective on peacekeeping. |