A Peacekeeper in Africa: Learning from UN Interventions in Other People’s Wars

Alan Doss

Published by Lynne Rienner Publishers 2020

A Peacekeeper in Africa

Learning from UN Interventions in Other People’s Wars

Alan Doss

In the series A project of the International Peace Institute

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781626378803

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Alan Doss offers a rare window into the real world of UN peacekeeping missions in Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Doss's story is one of presidents and prelates, warlords and warriors, heroes and villains, achievements and disappointments—and innocent people caught in the midst of deadly violence. As he shares his front-line experiences, he reflects on the reasons for successes and failures and on the qualities that leaders need to successfully guide efforts to rebuild peace and prosperity in devastated societies. Not least, he also considers the UN's future role in conflict prevention and peacekeeping in a climate of increasing resistance to intervention in "other people's wars."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Foreword Terje Rød-Larsen Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Alan Doss Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
1. A Journey in Peacekeeping Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part 1. Things Fall Apart: West African Wars
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
2. Sierra Leone: The Search for Peace Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
3. Côte d’Ivoire: The War of Succession Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
4. Liberia: From War to Peace Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
Part 2. Wars Without Winners: Peacekeeping in the Congo
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
5. Into the Cauldron: The Congo Past and Present Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
6. Conflict Without End: The Kivu Wars Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
7. The Contagion of Conflict: Other Places, Other Wars Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
8. Pursuing Peace: Stabilization, Peacebuilding, and Transition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
Part 3. Out of the Shadows: The Promise of Peace
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
9. Great Expectations: Intervention and Its Conceits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
10. Pipe Dreams and Possibilities: Navigating Pathways to Peace Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
Part 4. Moving Forward: Peacekeeping Today and Tomorrow
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
11. A Job Like No Other: Leading Peacekeeping Missions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
12. Facing the Future: Actions for Peace Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	325
About the Book Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	340

Language: English
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 340

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Published: April 21, 2022
ISBN: 9781626378803