Peacekeeping, Peacemaking and Peace-Enforcement: The U.S. Role in the New International Order

Abstract

The author examines the bases of American military participation in various Third World activities falling under the general rubric of peacekeeping and peace-enforcement. He considers major instances in the post-cold war world where so-called humanitarian interventions have occurred or may occur: the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War, Somalia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina and examines the effects of these actions on the principle of sovereignty. He discusses the emerging roles of peacekeeping and peace-enforcement and the conceptual and practical differences between them, and concludes with some cautionary lessons for the Army.... Peacekeeping, Peacemaking, Peace- enforcement; Humanitarian interventions; Persian Gulf War; Somalia; Bosnia; Herzegovina; Post-cold war international system

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA266687

Entities

People

  • Donald M. Snow

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Cold War
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of State
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • International Relations
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Persian Gulf
  • Persian Gulf War
  • Political Science
  • Terrorists
  • United Nations
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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  • History
  • Political science
  • Sociology

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