Why Peacekeeping Fails 20th Anniversary Edition /

• Main Author: Jett, Dennis C. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Political science.; Peace.; Politics and war.; Popular Science in Political Science and International Relations.; Peace Studies.; Conflict Studies.; Military and Defence Studies.

In this thoroughly revised edition of his bestselling 1999 volume Why Peacekeeping Fails, Dennis Jett explains why peacekeepers today are dying in record numbers while engaged in operations that either are bound to fail or make little contribution to peace. The original book compared a wide range of...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. A Brief History of UN Peacekeeping
• 3. Failing Before Beginning
• 4. Failing While Doing
• 5. Angola And Mozambique: Similar Histories, Different Outcomes
• 6. The Real Reasons Peacekeeping Fails
• 7. Humanitarian Aid and the Failure of Peacekeeping
• 8. Getting Out and Afterwards
• 9. "Inconclusion": Why Real Reform Might Not Be Possible. .