Peace operations : trends, progress, and prospects / Donald C.F. Daniel, Patricia Taft, & Sharon Wiharta, editors.

Trends in the number and scope of peace operations since 2000 evidence heightened international appreciation for their value in crisis-response and regional stabilization. Peace Operations: Trends, Progress, and Prospects addresses national and institutional capacities to undertake such operations,...

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Corporate Authors: Georgetown University. Center for Peace and Security Studies., Fund for Peace., Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
Other Authors: Daniel, Donald C. 1944-, Taft, Patricia., Wiharta, Sharon.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, [2008]
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Table of Contents:
  • Trends from 1948 to 2005: how to view the relation between the United Nations and non-UN entities / Birger Heldt
  • Distinguishing among military contributors / Donald C.F. Daniel, Katrin Heuel, Benjamin Margo
  • Why so few troops from among so many? / Donald C.F. Daniel
  • Preparing for the worst: military requirements for hazardous missions / Gary Anderson
  • Preparing nations for peace: specialized requirements for complex missions / Patricia Taft
  • Africa: building institutions on the run / Mark Malan
  • Europe: looking near and far / Bastian Giegerich
  • Peace support in the new independent states: different from the rest? / Alexander I. Nikitin, Mark A. Loucas
  • Latin America: Haiti and beyond / John T. Fishel
  • Rethinking peace operations in East Asia: problems and prospects / Mely Caballero-Anthony
  • South Asia: contributors of global significance / Dipankar Banerjee
  • The greater middle east: problems of priorities and agendas / Paul R. Pillar.