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BUSINESS OF SOME HEAT: THE UNITED NATIONS FORCE IN CYPRUS BEFORE AND DURING THE 1974 TURKISH INVASI… BUSINESS OF SOME HEAT: THE UNITED NATIONS FORCE IN CYPRUS BEFORE AND DURING THE 1974 TURKISH INVASI… FRANCIS HENN xxvi, 550 p., [16] p. of plates : 24 cm OL13633584W
Peacekeeper Peacekeeper Marisa Carroll Nick Apostalis - Our Fourth Strong Man Major Nick Apostalis Represented Everything She'd Cast Out of Her Life He was used to danger. He was a risk taker, a man who put his life on the line for a … OL15148832W
The economics of UN peacekeeping The economics of UN peacekeeping Nadège Sheehan "Peacekeeping is a security concept that is very representative of the current interventionism, multilateralism, human rights, and humanitarian ideas. UN peacekeeping plays an important role in inter… OL16149067W
Smokescreen Smokescreen Paul F. J. Aranas When is it legitimate for nations to use force? The United States and NATO regularly employ the illegitimate use of force, using false arguments and a haze of purported altruistic justifications … OL16499109W
Expanding Global Military Capacity for Humanitarian Intervention Expanding Global Military Capacity for Humanitarian Intervention Michael E. O'Hanlon "Humanitarian military intervention and muscular peace operations have been partially effective in recent years in saving thousands of lives from the Balkans to Haiti to Somalia to Cambodia to Mozamb… OL1834718W
Dealing with conflict in Africa Dealing with conflict in Africa Jane Boulden xiii, 325 p. ; 22 cm OL19558514W
Unintended consequences of peacekeeping operations Unintended consequences of peacekeeping operations Chiyuki Aoi,Ramesh Chandra Thakur Peacekeeping operations have unintended consequences -- this has long been ignored by both practitioners and researchers. The deployment of a large number of soldiers, police officers and civilian p… OL19926727W
A handbook of international peacebuilding A handbook of international peacebuilding John Paul Lederach "This much-needed handbook offers conflict resolution professionals working (or planning to work) in foreign countries a critical, step-by-step guide for dealing with difficult and potentially danger… OL20946097W
Dead of night Dead of night Brendan DuBois For years UN peacekeepers have been deployed to war-torn regions of the world, now it's America's turn. A crippling terrorist attack has left the United States cities deserted, it's countryside set a… OL25069337W
Civil-military coordination Civil-military coordination Lara Olson,Hrach Gregorian,John Ferris "The Peacebuilding, Development, and Security (PDS) Program was initiated at the University of Calgary in 2007 with funding from the University Centre for Military and Strategic Studies (CMSS). It re… OL28764566W
Nation-building Nation-building Cynthia Ann Watson Nation-Building: A Reference Handbook offers an in-depth examination of the nation-building process with special focus on the late 20th century to the present. U.S. national security expert Cynthia W… OL4787901W
Peacemaking in Rwanda Peacemaking in Rwanda Bruce D. Jones "Bruce Jones investigates why the wide-ranging efforts to forestall genocidal violence in Rwanda in 1994 failed so miserably.". "Jones traces the individual and collective impact of both official an… OL6209969W
Peace Enforcement Peace Enforcement Jane Boulden "Boulden argues that, while problematic, peace enforcement is a potentially viable tool for the United Nations. The implementation of peace enforcement operations does, however, present the United Na… OL7819131W
Peace operations Peace operations Paul F. Diehl "Peacekeeping has gradually evolved to encompass a broad range of different conflict management missions and techniques, which are incorporated under the term "peace operations." Well over 100 missio… OL891327W