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" The transformation of the world of war and peace support operations / "
edited by Kobi Michael, David Kellen, and Eyal Ben-Ari ; foreword by Lars Hänsel.
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BL
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953095
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b707465
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| Title & Author
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The transformation of the world of war and peace support operations /\ edited by Kobi Michael, David Kellen, and Eyal Ben-Ari ; foreword by Lars Hänsel.
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Westport, CT :: Praeger,, 2009.
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PSI reports
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1 online resource (xiii, 218 pages) :: illustrations
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0313365024
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0313365016
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9780313365010
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-205) and index.
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With the end of the Cold War, the euphoria of the Gulf War of the 1990s and the avowal of a New World Order, peace-operations were declared as the recipe for a better world through international intervention in conflict arenas. However, the debacles and failures in Cambodia, Somalia, or the Balkans led to disillusionment and a sense of strategic helplessness among leaders, experts and scholars in the industrial democracies. While these arguments have been the focus of intense criticism and discussion, they nevertheless underscore the fact that since the end of the Cold War the armed forces of.
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Nation-building.
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Peacekeeping forces.
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Security, International.
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World politics-- 1989-
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Armed Forces-- Stability operations.
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LAW-- International.
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Nation-building.
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Peacekeeping forces.
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Security, International.
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World politics.
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Western countries, Armed Forces, Stability operations.
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Western countries.
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341.5/84
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JZ6374.T73 2009eb
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Ben-Ari, Eyal,1953-
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Hänsel, Lars.
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Kellen, David.
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Mikhaʼel, Ḳobi.
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