The New Interventionism, 1991-1994 : United Nations experience in Cambodia, former Yugoslavia, and Somalia

By - Mayall, James

Floor - Floor 1

Published - Cambridge University Press, New York, 1996

ISBN 10 - 0521558565

ISBN 13 - 9780521558563

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Cambodia

Shelf No - 18

Call Number - 341.584 MAY

Physical Description - x, 238 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Notes - Includes Index

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At the end of the Cold War the hope was that it would be possible to reform international society and create a new world order. Its central feature would be international intervention, not merely to deter or repel aggression across frontiers, but to protect the victims of civil conflicts within states. These hopes remain largely unfulfilled. This book contributes to our understanding of this failure by examining the three major post-Cold War operations in which the UN has been involved. Each presented the international community with a different challenge: in Cambodia it was to implement a previously negotiated political agreement; in former Yugoslavia to devise a credible division of labour and authority between the UN and the European Union; and in Somalia to mount a humanitarian mission in a country without a government. Each chapter is accompanied by a chronology of events and a selection of relevant UN documents.

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