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Peacekeeping and Peacemaking : Towards Effective Intervention in Post-Cold War Conflicts / edited by Tom Woodhouse, Robert Bruce, Malcolm Dando

Woodhouse, Tom [Herausgeberin/-geber] ; Bruce, Robert [Herausgeberin/-geber] ; Dando, Malcolm [Herausgeberin/-geber]

London ; s.l. : Palgrave Macmillan UK ; Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 1998

1 Online-Ressource (XV, 297 p)

Englisch

978-1-349-26213-7

978-1-349-26215-1 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

Springer eBook Collection

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Resolving-System (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1007/978-1-349-26213-7

JZ2-6530

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bicssc: JPS ; bisacsh: POL011000

LOC-SH: Political science ; International relations ; International organization ; Politics and war

The fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of the United Nations was commemorated in 1995 with a number of conferences and publications which assessed the history and contemporary role of this paramount international organisation. This book is the result of a meeting of scholars and specialists who wished to further understanding of the challenges faced by the United Nations in its efforts to intervene in post-cold war conflict. In particular the experiences in Bosnia, Somalia and in Rwanda, where UN peacekeepers seemed powerless to act in the face of acts of genocide, gross violations of human rights and the widespread suffering caused by war, makes such an analysis timely and important