Britain and UN Peacekeeping: 1948-67
Neil Briscoe
The first comprehensive analysis of Britain's complex relationship with UN peacekeeping operations during two formative decades. It charts the evolution of British views on an international organization running its own military forces and examines policy-makers' efforts to influence, contain and exploit individual operations: in Palestine, Kashmir, Egypt (following the Suez Crisis), Lebanon, Congo and Cyprus. Benefits included shedding colonial responsibilities, containing conflicts, face-saving, and burden-sharing; perceived risks included interference in remaining colonies and threats to postcolonial interests.
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Tahun:
2004
Penerbit:
Palgrave Macmillan
Bahasa:
english
Halaman:
288
ISBN 10:
1403914990
ISBN 13:
9781403914996
File:
PDF, 1.18 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2004