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The United Nations and Civil Wars /

The United Nations and Civil Wars / ed. by Thomas G. Weiss. - 1 online resource (248 p.) - Emerging Global Issues .

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- Part 1 Insecurity, Instability, and Intrastate Wars -- 2 The New-Old Disorder in the Third World -- 3 Armed Conflict in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union -- Part 2 The New Operational Landscape of Civil War -- 4 Military Responses to Complex Emergencies -- 5 UN Civil Governance-in-Trust -- 6 The Evolving Humanitarian Enterprise -- Part 3 Recent UN Operations in Internal Armed Conflicts -- 7 The United Nations' Predicament in the Former Yugoslavia -- 8 Transitional Authority in Cambodia -- 9 The Paradox of Humanitarian Assistance and Military Intervention in Somalia -- 10 Regional Leadership and Universal Implementation in E1 Salvador's Quest for Peace -- Part 4 A Look Toward the Future -- 11 The United Nations and Civil Wars at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century -- List of Acronyms -- About the Authors -- Index -- About the Book and the Editor -- Books in the Series

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The authors explore the unprecedented demands of multifunctional UN operations called for by the phenomenon of failed states and the eruption of devastating civil wars.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9781685855970

10.1515/9781685855970 doi


POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intergovernmental Organizations.