Peacekeeping In The Abyss

Author : Robert M. Cassidy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 031307268X
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Peacekeeping in the Abyss written by Robert M. Cassidy and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-04-30 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Military organizations are cultures, and such cultures have ingrained preferences and predilections for how and when to employ force. This is the first study to use a comparative framework to understand what happened with the U.S. military endeavor in Somalia and the British effort in Bosnia up to 1995. Both regions were potential quagmires, and no doctrine for armed humanitarian operations during ongoing conflicts existed at the outset of these efforts. After detailing the impact of military culture on operations, Cassidy draws conclusions about which military cultural traits and force structures are more suitable and adaptable for peace operations and asymmetric conflicts. He also offers some military cultural implications for the U.S. Army's ongoing transformation. The first part of the study offers an in-depth assessment of the military cultural preferences and characteristics of the British and American militaries. It shows that Britain's geography, its regimental system, and a long history of imperial policing have helped embed a small-war predilection in British military culture. This distinguishes it from American military culture, which has exhibited a preference for the big-war paradigm since the second half of the 19th century. The second part of the book examines how cultural preferences influenced the conduct of operations and the development of the first post-Cold War doctrine for peace operations.

Author : Robert M. Cassidy (Ph.D.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Peacekeeping in the Abyss written by Robert M. Cassidy (Ph.D.) and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Paul F. Diehl
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0745674070
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Peace Operations written by Paul F. Diehl and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-19 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 missions have been deployed, the vast majority within the last twenty years. This book provides an overview of the central issues surrounding the development, operation, and effectiveness of peace operations. Among many features, the book: Traces the historical development of peace operations from their origins in the early 20th century through the development of modern peacebuilding missions. Tracks changes over time in the size, mission, and organization of peace operations. Analyses different organizational, financial, and troop provisions for peace operations, as well as assessing alternatives. Lays out criteria for evaluating peace operations and details the conditions under which such operations are successful. As peace operations become the primary mechanism of conflict management used by the UN and regional organizations, understanding their problems and potential is essential for a more secure world. Drawing on a wide range of examples from those between Israel and her neighbors to more recent operations in Somalia and the Congo, this book brings together the body of scholarly research on peace operations to address those concerns. It will be an indispensable guide for students, practitioners and general readers wanting to broaden their knowledge of the possibilities and limits of peace operations today.

Author : CQ Researcher,
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1483343405
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Issues in Peace and Conflict Studies written by CQ Researcher, and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2010-10-12 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do nation-states have a "Responsibility to Protect"? Can countries heal after atrocities? Who should clean up after conflicts end? These questions—and many more—are at the heart of peace and conflict studies. This collection aims to promote in-depth discussion, facilitate further research and help readers formulate their own positions on crucial issues. It is intended to be a supplement for courses in peace and conflict studies that are offered in departments of psychology, sociology, anthropology, political science, and across all social science disciplines. About CQ Researcher Readers In the tradition of nonpartisanship and current analysis that is the hallmark of CQ Press, CQ Researcher readers investigate important and controversial policy issues. Offer your students the balanced reporting, complete overviews, and engaging writing that CQ Researcher has consistently provided for more than 80 years. Each article gives substantial background and analysis of a particular issue as well as useful pedagogical features to inspire critical thinking and to help students grasp and review key material: A pro/con box that examines two competing sides of a single question A detailed chronology of key dates and events An annotated bibliography that includes Web resources An outlook section that addresses possible regulation and initiatives from Capitol Hill and the White House over the next 5 to 10 years Photos, charts, graphs, and maps

Author : Majbritt Lyck
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134066465
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Peace Operations and International Criminal Justice written by Majbritt Lyck and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-07-29 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new volume provides the first thorough examination of the involvement of peace enforcement soldiers in the detention of indicted war criminals. The book firstly addresses why peace enforcement missions need to be involved in detaining indicted war criminals. This discussion includes an analysis of how the securing of justice and transitional j

Author : Janine Davidson
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472034820
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lifting the Fog of Peace written by Janine Davidson and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2011-08-29 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How military organizations trained for conventional war adapt—or fail to adapt—to nontraditional missions

Author : Chiara Ruffa
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812295048
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Military Cultures in Peace and Stability Operations written by Chiara Ruffa and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2018-05-11 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As of September 2017, the United Nations alone deployed 110,000 uniformed personnel from 122 countries in fifteen peacekeeping operations worldwide. Soldiers in these missions are important actors who not only have considerable responsibility for implementing peace and stability operations but also have a concomitant influence on their goals and impact. Yet we know surprisingly little about the factors that prompt soldiers' behavior. Despite being deployed on the same mission under similar conditions, various national contingents display significant, systematic differences in their actions on the ground. In Military Cultures in Peace and Stability Operations, Chiara Ruffa challenges the widely held assumption that military contingents, regardless of their origins, implement mandates in a similar manner. She argues instead that military culture—the set of attitudes, values, and beliefs instilled into an army and transmitted across generations of those in uniform —influences how soldiers behave at the tactical level. When soldiers are abroad, they are usually deployed as units, and when a military unit deploys, its military culture goes with it. By investigating where military culture comes from, Ruffa demonstrates why military units conduct themselves the way they do. Between 2007 and 2014, Ruffa was embedded in French and Italian units deployed under comparable circumstances in two different kinds of peace and stability operations: the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon and the NATO mission in Afghanistan. Based on hundreds of interviews, she finds that while French units prioritized patrolling and the display of high levels of protection and force—such as body armor and weaponry—Italian units placed greater emphasis on delivering humanitarian aid. She concludes that civil-military relations and societal beliefs about the use of force in the units' home country have an impact on the military culture overseas, soldiers' perceptions and behavior, and, ultimately, consequences for their ability to keep the peace.

Author : Robert Egnell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134009356
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Complex Peace Operations and Civil-Military Relations written by Robert Egnell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-05-13 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that for peace support operations (such as those in Afghanistan) to be effective, the civil-military interface should ideally be integrated – within the interagency arena as well as within the defence ministry.

Author : Kevin D. Stringer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313087237
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Military Organizations for Homeland Defense and Smaller-Scale Contingencies written by Kevin D. Stringer and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2006-10-30 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History has often confirmed that it is not superior weapons but superior organizations that are the most effective factor in achieving military success. In light of this consideration, Kevin D. Stringer's new work proposes how the U.S. military can best be restructured to conduct military operations other than war (as they are known in doctrinal terms).. Such reform is central to meeting the demands of homeland defense and smaller-scale contingencies, including nation-building and stability operations. Foreign military formations present models for peace operations, irregular warfare, and other missions, as well as counterterrorism, law enforcement, and border control. The models considered — drawn from tactical units in Britain, Denmark, Germany, Israel, Norway, Rhodesia, Russia, and Switzerland — are selected as best practice examples for transforming the U.S. Armed Forces for future missions both at home and abroad. The author describes the categories of military operations other than war in the context of force structure requirements for homeland defense and irregular warfare. Each chapter aligns foreign tactical organizations with these military operations to identify appropriate formations to enhance the U.S. Army. This issue of future organizational structure is crucial to the debate over the Quadrennial Defense Review, the Pentagon report to Congress on emerging threats, and the future role of the National Guard. Changes in existing force structure will have significant implications for the conduct of stabilization operations in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as responses by the active and Reserve components to domestic emergencies.

Author : Cedric de Coning
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315396920
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book UN Peacekeeping Doctrine in a New Era written by Cedric de Coning and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-02-20 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume offers a thorough review of peacekeeping theory and reality in contemporary contexts, and aligns the two to help inform practice. Recent UN peacekeeping operations have challenged the traditional peacekeeping principles of consent, impartiality and the minimum use of force. The pace and scope of these changes have now reached a tipping point, as the new mandates are fundamentally challenging the continued validity of the UN peacekeeping’s core principles and identity. In response the volume analyses the growing gap between these actual practices and existing UN peacekeeping doctrine, exploring how it undermines the effectiveness of UN operations, and endangers lives, arguing that a common doctrine is a critical starting point for effective multi-national operations. In order to determine the degree to which this general principle applies to the current state of UN peacekeeping, this book: Provides a review of conceptual and doctrinal developments in UN peacekeeping operations through a historical perspective Examines the debate related to peace operations doctrine and concepts among key Member States Focuses on the actual practice of peacekeeping by conducting case studies of several UN peacekeeping missions in order to identify gaps between practice and doctrine Critically analyses gaps between emerging peacekeeping practice and existing doctrine Recommends that the UN moves beyond the peacekeeping principles and doctrine of the past Combining empirical case-based studies on UN peace operations, with studies on the views and policies of key UN Security Council members that generate these mandates, and views of key contributors of UN peacekeepers, this volume will be of great use to policy-makers; UN officials and peace operations practitioners; and academics working on peace and conflict/security studies, international organizations and conflict management.