Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, GB, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 651 g
Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, GB, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 651 g
ISBN: 978-90-411-1321-4
Verlag: Wolters Kluwer
The euphoric cries of a peaceful and more dynamic `new world order', which followed the end of the Cold War have been silenced by the increased intensity of local conflicts around the world. The humanitarian crises resulting from these conflicts have attracted greater international attention. Perhaps even more tragic is the failure of the international community to find early effective response to these conflicts.
The intra-state conflicts in Africa alone have claimed over one million lives since 1990. On the international scene these internal conflicts have created new challenges for the UN, whose efforts at dealing with them have produced mixed results, whilst international policy makers, the military and academics are faced with difficult questions:
Attempts to answer these questions at the conceptual level have led to the development of concepts such as second generation peacekeeping, wider peacekeeping, peace support operations and strategic peacekeeping. It has emerged that there is no common view on an effective and realistic set of tools to manage these crises.
This book reconsiders the role of the UN and regional organisations such as ECOWAS in Africa. It examines the response to the civil war in Liberia, which served as a precursor to the international response to the crisis in Sierra Leone.
On the one hand, this book offers an analysis of a new conceptual framework for managing a specific class of violent conflict. On the other hand, it provides first hand account of the character of a force that attempted to apply this approach. In drawing some of its conclusions, the book relies on the testimonies of many of the soldiers who formed the core of the military operations in these difficult conflict areas in West Africa.
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Foreword.
Preface.
Acknowledgement. Introduction.
1. The Changing Nature of the Theoretical Premises of Peacekeeping.
2. Peacekeeping in Practice.
3. State Collapse in Liberia and the Fate of Sierra Leone.
4. The Course of the ECOMOG Operations.
5. The Operational Dimensions of the ECOMOG Operations.
6. The Sociological Dimensions of the ECOMOG Operations.
7. Conclusion.
