In the light of the challenges facing peace keepers in an unsettled world, Anthony Parsons selects a number of case studies of UN involvement in international crises, including Palestine, Southern Rhodesia, the Gulf, Bosnia/Croatia and Somalia, in order to assess the effectiveness of the UN operations and to discuss the implications for the future.
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Verlagsgruppe
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Illustrationen
5 maps, bibliography, index
Maße
Höhe: 222 mm
Breite: 140 mm
Dicke: 25 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-7181-3828-8 (9780718138288)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
The Middle East: from the Palestine problem to the Arab/Israeli dispute; Palestine redivivus; the Iran Iraq war, 1980-88; the Gulf crisis, 1990- . Africa: the Congo, 1960-64; South Africa - apartheid; South West Africa to Namibia; Southern Rhodesia to Zimbabwe. Lessons and legacies of history: Angola (how not to do it); Mozambique; Central America - Nicaragua and El Salvador; Cambodia (how - eventually - to do it); Cyprus. The new agenda: introduction; the "near abroad"; states of anarchy - Somalia; Haiti; Burundi, Rwanda, Liberia; the wars of the Yugoslavian succession; conclusions. Epilogue.
