The United Nations, Peace Operations and the Cold War
2nd Edition
Published on 7. July 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-4082-3766-3 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"It is a good clear text on a core subject for my module."- Dr Richard Maguire, University of East Anglia
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Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 172 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
390 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4082-3766-3 (9781408237663)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Norrie MacQueen
The United Nations, Peace Operations and the Cold War
Book
07/2017
2nd Edition
Routledge
€275.26
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Norrie MacQueen
The United Nations, Peace Operations and the Cold War
E-Book
05/2014
2nd Edition
Routledge
€60.49
Available for download
Norrie MacQueen
The United Nations, Peace Operations and the Cold War
E-Book
05/2014
2nd Edition
Routledge
€60.49
Available for download
Previous edition
Book
02/1999
Addison Wesley
€13.80
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Person
Norrie MacQueen is currently Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Dundee, and author of a range of books on the UN and peacekeeping including Peacekeeping and the International System (2006), The United Nations: a Beginner's Guide (2010), and Humanitarian Intervention and the United Nations (2011).
Content
Preface to the Second EditionChronologyUN Operations Established 1948-1995Who's WhoGlossary Part One: Analysis 1 The 'Failure' of the League of Nations and the Beginnings of the UN A new world order? Managing post-war adjustment The breakdown of the collective idea The war-time origins of the UN 2 The United Nations and the Dilemmas of Collective Security International security and the UN Charter Onset of the cold war and the end of the illusion: Korea 3 The (Re)Discovery of Peacekeeping Truce supervision in Palestine Military observation in Kashmir The UN's first peacekeeping 'force': Suez 4 Cold War Peacekeeping Conceptualized Hammarskjoeld's Summary Study and the 'rules' of peacekeeping Arab Nationalism and the international system: Lebanon and Yemen 5 The Peacekeeping Model Challenged: from the Congo to Cyprus Post-colonial test: the Congo morass The UN in West New Guinea: peace without honour? Peacekeeping within the Cold War Family: Cyprus The legality of peace operations: the article 19 crisis 6 Superpower Detente and Peace Operations in the Middle East Israel, Egypt, Syria and the 1973 war <