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Author : Kevin A. Spooner
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774858958
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Canada, the Congo Crisis, and UN Peacekeeping, 1960-64 written by Kevin A. Spooner and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1960 the Republic of Congo teetered near collapse as its first government struggled to cope with civil unrest and mutinous armed forces. When the UN established a peacekeeping operation to deal with the crisis, the Canadian government faced a difficult decision. Should it support the intervention? By offering one of the first detailed accounts of Canadian involvement in a UN peacekeeping mission, Kevin Spooner reveals that Canada’s involvement was not a certainty: the Diefenbaker government had immediate and ongoing reservations about the mission, reservations that challenge cherished notions of Canada’s commitment to the UN and its status as a peacekeeper.

Author : Kevin A. (Kevin Alexander) Spooner
Publisher : National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada
ISBN 13 : 9780612719491
Total Pages : 922 pages
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Download or read book Canada, the Congo Crisis, and United Nations Peacekeeping, 1960-1964 [microform] written by Kevin A. (Kevin Alexander) Spooner and published by National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada. This book was released on 2002 with total page 922 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Brookings Institution. Foreign Policy Studies Division
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book United Nations Peacekeeping in the Congo: 1960-1964: Full text written by Brookings Institution. Foreign Policy Studies Division and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Fidelis Etah Ewane
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3640604903
Total Pages : 37 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The United Nations in the Congo from 1960-64: Critical Assessment of a Tragic Intervention written by Fidelis Etah Ewane and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay from the year 2009 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Africa, language: English, abstract: The role of the United Nations and the West in the Congo between 1960 and 1964 can only be characterised as a tragedy. We are still witnessing the consequences of the myopic and misguided policies that were pursued by UN officials and western leaders at the time. This paper elucidates the story of how Lumumba was first betrayed and then murdered. It analyses how historians and political scientists have treated the conflict and suggests ways in which scholars from the two disciplines can cooperate better and learn from one another. The paper reverts to international relations theories that adequately explain what happened between 1960 and 1964.This essay critically examines why UN intervention in the Congo failed to achieve the intended peace that constituted the rationale behind its intervention. The essay will argue that perceptions and misperceptions among UN members exacerbated a rift between the UN and the realities of the conflict. And the Cold War ideology at the time and Belgium's support for Moise Tshombe to secede Katanga because of their hatred for Patrice Lumumba, greatly hampered UN mission as a peace machinery.

Author : Brookings Institution. Foreign Policy Studies Division
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
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Download or read book United Nations Peacekeeping in the Congo: 1960-1964: Summary and conclusions written by Brookings Institution. Foreign Policy Studies Division and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Esref Aksu
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719067488
Total Pages : 264 pages
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Download or read book The United Nations, Intra-State Peacekeeping and Normative Change written by Esref Aksu and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The UN and Intra-State Conflict: Problematising the Normative Connection * Rethinking the UN Through Intra-State Peacekeeping: the Analytical Framework * The UN's Role in Historical Context: Impact of Structural Tensions and Thresholds * UN Peacekeeping in Intra-State Conflicts: Evolution of the Normative Basis * The UN in the Congo Conflict: ONUC * The UN On the Cyprus Conflict: UNFICYP * The UN in the Angola Conflict: UNAVEM * The UN in the Cambodia Conflict: UNTAC * Reflections on International Normative Change.

Author : Brookings Institution. Foreign Policy Studies Division
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 170 pages
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Download or read book United Nations Peacekeeping in the Congo: 1960-1964: Appendices written by Brookings Institution. Foreign Policy Studies Division and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alanna O'Malley
Publisher : Key Studies in Diplomacy
ISBN 13 : 9781526116260
Total Pages : 207 pages
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Download or read book The Diplomacy of Decolonisation written by Alanna O'Malley and published by Key Studies in Diplomacy. This book was released on 2018 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book reinterprets the role of the UN during the Congo crisis from 1960 to 1964, presenting a multidimensional view of the organisation. Through an examination of the Anglo-American relationship, the book reveals how the UN helped position this event as a lightning rod in debates about how decolonisation interacted with the Cold War. By examining the ways in which the various dimensions of the UN came into play in Anglo-American considerations of how to handle the Congo crisis, the book reveals how the Congo debate reverberated in wider ideological struggles about how decolonisation evolved and what the role of the UN would be in managing this process. The UN became a central battle ground for ideas and visions of world order; as the newly-independent African and Asian states sought to redress the inequalities created by colonialism, the US and UK sought to maintain the status quo, while the Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld tried to reconcile these two contrasting views.

Author : Trevor Findlay
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 9780198292821
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Use of Force in UN Peace Operations written by Trevor Findlay and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2002 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most vexing issues that has faced the international community since the end of the Cold War has been the use of force by the United Nations peacekeeping forces. UN intervention in civil wars, as in Somalia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Rwanda, has thrown into stark relief the difficulty of peacekeepers operating in situations where consent to their presence and activities is fragile or incomplete and where there is little peace to keep. Complex questions arise in these circumstances. When and how should peacekeepers use force to protect themselves, to protect their mission, or, most troublingly, to ensure compliance by recalcitrant parties with peace accords? Is a peace enforcement role for peacekeepers possible or is this simply war by another name? Is there a grey zone between peacekeeping and peace enforcement? Trevor Findlay reveals the history of the use of force by UN peacekeepers from Sinai in the 1950s to Haiti in the 1990s. He untangles the arguments about the use of force in peace operations and sets these within the broader context of military doctrine and practice. Drawing on these insights the author examines proposals for future conduct of UN operations, including the formulation of UN peacekeeping doctrine and the establishment of a UN rapid reaction force.

Author : Ahmed Adeel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sudan, the United Nations and the Congo Crisis, 1960-1961 written by Ahmed Adeel and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-22 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an archival account of the experience of Sudan during the Congo Crisis in its initial phases in 1960-1961. Sudan participated in the United Nations peacekeeping forces in the Congo and in the diplomatic efforts to resolve the problem. Conflicts erupted within the Congo government, fueled by external interests and competition between the poles of the Cold War. After the assassination of Lumumba, the Congo Government became suspicious of the intentions of the peacekeeping forces. The UN Sudanese contingent in peacekeeping came under attack by an overwhelming force of the National Congolese Army. As a result, Sudan withdrew from the peacekeeping mission. This experience became a legacy of the UN peacekeeping missions and presented lessons for future missions. The book is mainly based on United Nations archives and published references. The inclusion of the verbatim minutes of the United Nations Advisory committee was meant to show the diverse opinions of its members as they reviewed the daily developments in the Congo crisis. Also, the correspondence of the Secretary General with the heads of states sheds light on his views on the role of the United Nations in the world as he saw it. Although the book covers events that took place decades ago the relevance of what happened then to today's world is indeed very striking.