Peacemaking and Peacekeeping for the New Century

The UN's record in peace operations is long, various, distinguished by both accomplishments and failures, and most importantly, innovative. Unfulfilled expectations and escalating violence in Somalia, Rwanda, and Bosnia forced retrenchment upon UN peace operations_but at the same time, a new opportunity to enhance capacities, review strategies, redefine roles, and reaffirm responsibilities has opened up. Here, a dynamic group of leading diplomats, academics, and journalists combines forces with UN policymakers and leaders including current Secretary-General Kofi Annan and former Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali to explore how the international community can improve its practice in negotiating and implementing peace. They look at what works and what doesn't in UN peacemaking and peacekeeping, and then map out alternative futures for UN action in the 21st century.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847687279
• ISBN13: 9780847687275
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Book: Peacemaking and Peacekeeping for the New Century

I liked this book. It is good for anyone interested in the United Nations history of theory for peacekeeping and to see where peacekeeping theory is headed. Contributors look to see what works and what doesn't work in Peacekeeping missions. There are some prominent contributors to this book. Including the current Secretary-General of the UN and a former Secretary-General. To me the most inspired part of the book was a special foreword by Nelson Mandela. This is a man that has fought for peace most of his life and he could be considered one of the greatest men of the 20th century.