Soldiers of Diplomacy : The United Nations, Peacekeeping, and the New World Order /

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United Nations peacekeeping troops, or 'Blue Helmets,' were first deployed in 1956 to oversee the withdrawal of French, British, and Israeli forces from the Suez Canal. Canadian Lester B. Pearson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize the following year for proposing this solution to the Suez c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Coulon, Jocelyn (Autor)
Otros Autores: Aronoff, Phyllis, Scott, Howard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
Temas:
International police.
International relations.
Security, International.
DISCOUNT-C.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part One: The Rebirth of the United Nations
  • 1. In the Glass Tower
  • 2. A Nobel Prize for Canada
  • Part Two: The Peacekeeping Missions
  • 3. The Soldier-Diplomat
  • 4. Cambodia: The Fairies around the Cradle
  • 5. Sabotage and Betrayal in Western Sahara
  • 6. The New Warriors
  • 7. Murder in Somalia
  • 8. The Unhappy Warriors
  • 9. Obstruction by the Great Powers
  • Part Three: An Army for the UN
  • 10. Peacekeeping Takes a Back Seat to Politics
  • 11. A Huge Lego Set
  • 12. Pressure from the French
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix A: United Nations Peacekeeping Missions to 1 September 1994
  • Appendix B: Excerpts from the Charter of the United Nations
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index

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