The transformation of the world of war and peace support operations /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Kobi Michael, David Kellen, and Eyal Ben-Ari ; foreword by Lars Hänsel.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Westport, CT :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Praeger,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2009.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xiii, 218 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
SERIES
Series Title
PSI reports
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-205) and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
With the end of the Cold War, the euphoria of the Gulf War of the 1990s and the avowal of a New World Order, peace-operations were declared as the recipe for a better world through international intervention in conflict arenas. However, the debacles and failures in Cambodia, Somalia, or the Balkans led to disillusionment and a sense of strategic helplessness among leaders, experts and scholars in the industrial democracies. While these arguments have been the focus of intense criticism and discussion, they nevertheless underscore the fact that since the end of the Cold War the armed forces of.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Transformation of the world of war and peace support operations.
International Standard Book Number
9780313365010
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Nation-building.
Peacekeeping forces.
Security, International.
World politics-- 1989-
Armed Forces-- Stability operations.
LAW-- International.
Nation-building.
Peacekeeping forces.
Security, International.
World politics.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Western countries, Armed Forces, Stability operations.