Canada, the Congo Crisis, and UN Peacekeeping, 1960-64

By Kevin A. Spooner

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774816376
• ISBN13: 9780774816373
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.1"