Peace Operations and Intrastate Conflict: The Sword or the Olive Branch?

by Thomas R. Mockaitis

Based upon consideration of United Nation missions to the Congo (1960-64), Somalia (1992-95), and the former Yugoslavia (1992-95) and examination of counterinsurgency campaigns, Mockaitis develops a new model for intervening in intrastate conflicts and commends the British approach to civil strife as the basis for a new approach to peace operations. Both contemporary and historic examples demonstrate that military intervention to end civil conflict...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275961737
• ISBN13: 9780275961732
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.6"