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Frontmatter -- Contents -- United Nations military interventions since 1948 -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Preliminaries -- Chapter 1 Evolution: intervention and humanitarianism from collective security to peacekeeping -- Chapter 2 After the cold war: a new world order? -- Chapter 3 Sovereignty and community: a 'responsibility to protect'? -- Chapter 4 Africa: post-colonial intervention amidst fragile statehood -- Chapter 5 Humanitarian intervention and coercive action: the Balkans -- Chapter 6 A model intervention? The birth of Timor Leste -- Chapter 7 Is it worth it? Success and failure in UN intervention -- Further reading -- Index

United Nations Peacekeeping in Africa provides an exploration of United Nations military intervention in Africa, from its beginnings in the Congo in 1960 to the new operations of the twenty-first century. The scene is set by an examination of the theoretical bases both of United Nations peacekeeping and of Africa's post-independence politics and international relations. The peacekeeping project in Africa is then described on a region by region basis - Central Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa, the Horn and Trans-Saharan Africa - with comparisons and contrasts within and between each part of Africa highlighted throughout. A number of key questions are considered: how have developments in the broader international system affected conflicts in Africa? what are the internal and external forces which have caused African states to 'fail' and 'collapse'? how have external powers 'used' UN Peacekeeping in pursuit of their own political agendas? what determines success and failure in African peacekeeping? are there African solutions to African problems which could supplant UN involvement? As well as providing an account of UN involvement, the book is concerned to explore the long historical origins of the African conflicts with which the UN has been engaged. Written in an engaging and accessible manner, United Nations Peacekeeping in Africa provides an invaluable examination of the complex issues surrounding UN interventions in Africa.

This is the first introduction to the United Nation's activities during the Cold War period. It combines a history of the UN with a broader account of east-west diplomacy during the Cold War and after. Norrie MacQueen begins by looking at the formation, structure and functions of the UN. Then, within a chronological framework, he assesses its contribution to international security from the emergence of the UN's peacekeeping role in 1945-56 right through to UN operations in the 1990s in Angola, Somalia and Bosnia.

Since its inception in 1945, the United Nations has had a powerful but controversial influence on global politics. In this informative guide, Norrie MacQueen provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to its institutions, remit, personalities, and role in the modern world. Defending it from common criticisms of bureaucratic paralysis and bias towards the developed world, MacQueen argues that its limitations are due to the complex web of national interests that it seeks to reconcile.

A comprehensive text on the history and politics of peacekeeping, primarily in the post-World War Two period but dealing also with pre 1939 precursors. While it will deal principally with operations undertaken by the United Nations, it will also.

"Das Massaker in Srebrenica vom Juli 1995, bei dem rund 8000 Männer und Jungen ums Leben kamen, war der Tiefpunkt der Bemühungen der Vereinten Nationen zur Friedenssicherung nach einer Reihe von vorherigen Fehlschlägen anderer Friedensoperationen. Wie konnte es dazu kommen? Der Beitrag skizziert die Geschehnisse vor und nach der Einnahme der Schutzzone, untersucht die tiefer liegenden Ursachen des Versagens der UN-Mission UNPROFOR und bewertet die Lehren, die im Verlauf der letzten 20 Jahre gezogen wurden." (Autorenreferat)