Peacekeeping Outspoken Observations by a Field Officer

E-081: Praeger Publishers. Very Good. 1996. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Praeger. 1996. 224 pages. Praeger Series in War Studies. Issued in pictoral boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. This study argues, based on the author's firsthand experience with five United Nations peacekeeping missions, that classic peacekeepers in the Cold War era could play a limited but nonetheless useful role in international conflict control. However, in the post-Cold War period, some new approaches to peacekeeping and ventures into enforcement have been unsuccessful, and the United Nations has lost much credibility in the art of peacekeeping. In a violent world, peacekeeping will always play a minor supporting role to traditional diplomacy among the great powers and to coalition and alliance efforts to control conflict. The author's involvement in peacekeeping missions in Cyprus, Iran-Iraq, and other parts of the Middle East over the period from 1967 to 1990 gives him a rare and informed perspective on peacekeeping. E-79; Praeger Series in War Studies; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages .