Peacemaking and Peacekeeping for the New Century [Paperback]

Olara A. Otunnu (Editor, Contributor), Michael W. Doyle (Editor, Contributor), Nelson Mandela (Editor), Kofi A. Annan (Contributor), Boutros Boutros-Ghali (Contributor), Jan Eliasson (Contributor), Gareth Evans (Contributor), Thomas M. Franck (Contributor), François Heisbourg (Contributor), Ismat Kittani (Contributor), Ali A. Mazrui (Contributor), Edward Mortimer (Contributor), Sadako Ogata (Contributor), Adam Roberts (Contributor), John Roper (Contributor), Salim Ahmed Salim (Contributor), J M. Sanderson (Contributor), Brian Urquhart (Contributor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0847687279 | ISBN-13: 978-0847687275 | Publication Date: March 19, 1998

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.

Editorial Reviews

Review

These essays, on the whole, are noteworthy for the freshness of their approach. (Caplan, Richard Survival: The Iiss Quarterly )

The authors are a mixture of big names (Boutros-Boutros Ghali, Kofi Annan, Brian Urquhart), carefully selected to represent continents and the spectrum of opinion from enthusiastic supporters of UN peacekeeping to carefully considered sympathizers of the same. . . . Throughout there is considerable awareness of the limits of the United Nations as an effective institution, even as its role in containing or even suppressing internal war has grown. (Foreign Affairs )

About the Author

Olara A. Otunnu is president of the International Peace Academy Michael W. Doyle is professor of politics and international affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School and director of graduate studies in the politics department of Princeton University, as well as a former vice president and current senior fellow of the International Peace Academy.

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (March 19, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0847687279
• ISBN-13: 978-0847687275
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #784,676 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Book: Peacemaking and Peacekeeping for the New Century, March 23, 2001

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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.