Peacekeeping in International Politics
The book focuses on peacekeeping as a device for maintaining international stability, and for remedying situations in which states are in conflict with each other. Alan James examines around fifty cases, explaining the background to each one, and analysing its political significance. There is also a...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Palgrave Macmillan UK
1990, 1990
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| Series: | Studies in International Security
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | The book focuses on peacekeeping as a device for maintaining international stability, and for remedying situations in which states are in conflict with each other. Alan James examines around fifty cases, explaining the background to each one, and analysing its political significance. There is also a detailed examination of the concept of peacemaking, and a look into its increasing importance in international affairs, emphasised by the fact that the United Nations won the Nobel Peace Prize for its peacekeeping activities |
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| Physical Description: | XVII, 378 p online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781349210268 |