Casualties of the new world order : the causes of failure of UN missions to civil wars / Michael Wesley.

Collection type	Library
Author	Wesley, Michael, 1968-;
Call Number	341.584 W514c
Document type	Monograph
Year	1997.
Citation	abn97003798
Pagination	xi, 200 p. ; 23 cm.
Publisher	St. Martin's Press,
Note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-188) and index. This book searches for causes of the spectacular failures of UN missions after the Cold War. Drawing on theories of international relations, and interviews with diplomats, UN officials, and peacekeepers, it contends that the missions that failed all con. ined common weaknesses, which were particularly vulnerable in the ferocious civil conflicts that the UN became involved with after the Cold War. The analysis traces these mission weaknesses to the control that coalitions of self-interested and distracte. UN states continue to exercise over the missions' planning, mandates, resourcing and operations. Rivalries and misdiagnoses within these coalitions often produce missions that are misconceived, inappropriately resourced, and charged with unrealistic tas. . In arguing this case, this book provides unique insights into some of the mediation and peacekeeping missions that have dominated the past five years' headlines. It examines not only the failures, in Bosnia, Somalia and Angola, but also the UN's success. in El Salvador, Mozambique and Cambodia.
Place made	New York

Abstract

1. Introduction. The Weaknesses in United Nations Missions. The Logic of Civil War Conflict Dynamics. UN Missions in Civil Wars: A Framework for Analysis -- 2. Mediation. Bosnia-Herzegovina: Speaking into a Hurricane. El Salvador: A Timely Success -- 3.eacekeeping. Handling Scorpions in Somalia. Purchasing Peace in Mozambique -- 4. Election Monitoring. The Angolan Elections: War by Other Means. Coralling the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia -- 5. Conclusion.