1st Edition

The Politics of Peacekeeping in the Post-Cold War Era

Edited By David S. Sorenson, Pia Christina Wood Copyright 2005
232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

Most literature on peacekeeping narrowly focuses on particular peacekeeping operations, and the political bargaining between peacekeeping participants. However, there is very little published research on why nations actually commit forces to peacekeeping operations. This new book meets this need. The authors focus specifically on the political and economic motivations that... Read more
Introduction Pia Christina Wood and David S. Sorenson 1. Australia Hugh Smith 2. Germany Mary N. Hampton 3. Argentina Cynthia A. Watson 4. France Pia Christina Wood 5. United Kingdom Tom Woodhouse and Alexander Ramsbotham 6. United States David S. Sorenson 7. Austria Erwin A. Schmidl 8. Canada David Rudd 9. Nigeria Herbert M. Howe 10. India Alan Bullion

Biography

David S. Sorenson is Professor of National Security Studies and Associate Dean of Electives and Research at the Air War College (DFB), USA.

Pia Christina Wood is Director of the Center for International Studies, Wake Forest University, USA.