Evolution of UN Peacekeeping: Case-Studies and Comparative ANalysis

Based on a two-year study for the Ford Foundation by the Henry L. Stimson Centre, this book includes 20 case studies of UN peacekeeping operations from 1947 to 1991 - suitable for use in courses on international law and organization, regional conflict, conflict management and co-operative security.

Part 1 Lessons learned: getting involved - political-military contexts; paying the tab - financial crises; running the show - planning and implementation. Part 2 Peacekeeping in the Mediterranean and the Middle East: Special Committee On the Balkans (UNSCOB), K.Th. Birgisson; Truce Supervisory Organization (UNTSO), M. Ghali; Emergency Force I (UNEF I), M. Ghali; Emergency Force II (UNEF II), M. Ghali; Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), M. Ghali; Observation Group in Lebanon (UNOGIL), M. Ghali; Interim Force in Lebanon (UNFIL), M. Ghali; Yemen Obervation Mission (UNYOM), K.Th. Birgisson; the Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), K.Th. Birgisson; Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group (UNIKOM), B.D. Smith. Part 3 Peacekeeping in South and South East Asia: Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP), K.Th. Birgisson; Transitional Executive Authority in West New Guinea (UNTEA), W.J. Durch; Good Offices Mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan (UNGOMAP), K.Th. Birgisson. Part 4 Peacekeeping in Africa: Operation in the Congo (ONUC), W.J. Durch; Transitional Assistance Group for Namibia (UNTAG), V. Page Fortna; Angola Verification Mission I (UNAVEM I), V. Page Fortna; Angola Verification Mission II (UNAVEM II), V. Page Fortna; Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), W.J. Durch. Part 5 Peacekeeping in the Western Hemisphere: Observer Mission in Central America (ONUCA), B.D. Smith and W.J. Durch; Epilogue - peacekeeping in uncharted territory.