Bosnia 95 Peacekeeping In A War Zone

Author : Paulo Gonçalves
Publisher : Paulo Jorge Machado Dias Goncalves
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9893306671

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Bosnia 95: Peacekeeping in a War Zone by Paulo Gonçalves Pdf

25 years after the end of the deadliest military conflict in Europe since World War II, the author unveils his mission diary regarding the UN Protection Force for Bosnia Herzegovina. Taking the role of a narrator he creates a character - Captain Alex - who personifies the author's multiple field experiences, recounting the true story of the last year (1995) of the war in the Balkans.In an environment of suspicion and espionage, Captain Alex leads a Team of UN Military Observers tasked to survey the No Fly Zone. Operating from Yugoslavia, Alex reports dozens of violations to the UN Resolutions. He then suffers the hardship of the war in Croatia and Bosnia. He witnesses in loco the Croatian military offensive to regain the full sovereignty of their territory and redeploys to Bosnia where he undergoes all the major events leading to the Dayton Peace Agreements.This book portrays the life of a UN Military Observer, striving to accomplish his Peacekeeper mission in a territory devastated by an ongoing war. Although not exempt of serious dangers, the life of a Peacekeeper is an experience full of adventure, compassion and camaraderie, which fulfills the sensation of "having done something worthwhile".

Author : Paulo Gonçalves
Publisher : Paulo Jorge Machado Dias Goncalves
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9893306671

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Bosnia 95: Peacekeeping in a War Zone by Paulo Gonçalves Pdf

25 years after the end of the deadliest military conflict in Europe since World War II, the author unveils his mission diary regarding the UN Protection Force for Bosnia Herzegovina. Taking the role of a narrator he creates a character - Captain Alex - who personifies the author's multiple field experiences, recounting the true story of the last year (1995) of the war in the Balkans.In an environment of suspicion and espionage, Captain Alex leads a Team of UN Military Observers tasked to survey the No Fly Zone. Operating from Yugoslavia, Alex reports dozens of violations to the UN Resolutions. He then suffers the hardship of the war in Croatia and Bosnia. He witnesses in loco the Croatian military offensive to regain the full sovereignty of their territory and redeploys to Bosnia where he undergoes all the major events leading to the Dayton Peace Agreements.This book portrays the life of a UN Military Observer, striving to accomplish his Peacekeeper mission in a territory devastated by an ongoing war. Although not exempt of serious dangers, the life of a Peacekeeper is an experience full of adventure, compassion and camaraderie, which fulfills the sensation of "having done something worthwhile".

Author : Robert F. Baumann,George Walter Gawrych,Walter Edward Kretchik
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Peacekeeping forces
ISBN : 9781428910201

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Armed Peacekeepers in Bosnia by Robert F. Baumann,George Walter Gawrych,Walter Edward Kretchik Pdf

Author : Phillip Corwin
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0822321262

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Dubious Mandate by Phillip Corwin Pdf

A senior UN official's account of the war in Bosnia as he experienced it on duty in Sarajevo.

Author : Lewis MacKenzie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105070501510

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Peacekeeper by Lewis MacKenzie Pdf

Gen Mackenzie has pretty much seen and done it all when it comes to UN peacekeeping operations. From fairly innocuous duty in the Sinai, to a more complex situation in Cyprus and Central America, to the ultimate test for the UN--the Balkans.?Gen Mackenzie's insights also highlight how the UN has adapted (or failed to adapt) to the growing complexities of multinational peacekeeping, in an age where superpower rivalries are no longer able to keep warring factions in check.?Worthy of note is the battle Mackenzie faced dealing not only with the warring factions in Bosnia, but also the warring faction's ability to utilize the omnipresent media to shape public opinion.?Mackenzie's story of the beginning of UNPROFOR should be mandatory reading for those attempting to pursue multinational peacekeeping efforts in a complex, multiethnic environment.

Author : Trevor Findlay,Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Law
ISBN : 0198292821

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The Use of Force in UN Peace Operations by Trevor Findlay,Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Pdf

One of the most vexing issues that has faced the international community since the end of the Cold War has been the use of force by the United Nations peacekeeping forces. UN intervention in civil wars, as in Somalia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Rwanda, has thrown into stark relief the difficulty of peacekeepers operating in situations where consent to their presence and activities is fragile or incomplete and where there is little peace to keep. Complex questions arise in these circumstances. When and how should peacekeepers use force to protect themselves, to protect their mission, or, most troublingly, to ensure compliance by recalcitrant parties with peace accords? Is a peace enforcement role for peacekeepers possible or is this simply war by another name? Is there a grey zone between peacekeeping and peace enforcement? Trevor Findlay reveals the history of the use of force by UN peacekeepers from Sinai in the 1950s to Haiti in the 1990s. He untangles the arguments about the use of force in peace operations and sets these within the broader context of military doctrine and practice. Drawing on these insights the author examines proposals for future conduct of UN operations, including the formulation of UN peacekeeping doctrine and the establishment of a UN rapid reaction force.

Author : Hall Gardner,Oleg Kobtzeff
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 761 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781317041108

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The Ashgate Research Companion to War by Hall Gardner,Oleg Kobtzeff Pdf

Many different social scientists have been challenged by the origins of wars, their immediate causes and the mechanisms leading to the breakdown of peaceful relations. Many have speculated whether conflicts were avoidable and whether alternative policies might have prevented conflict. The Ashgate Research Companion to War provides contributions from a number of theorists and historians with a focus on long term, systemic conflicts. The problèmatique is introduced by the Editors highlighting the need for interdisciplinary approaches to the study of war as a global phenomenon. The following 29 essays provide a comprehensive study guide in four sections: Part I explicates differing theories as to the origins of war under the general concept of 'polemology'. Part II analyzes significant conflicts from the Peloponnesian wars to World War II. Part III examines the ramifications of Cold War and post-Cold War conflict. Part IV looks at long cycles of systemic conflict, and speculates, in part, whether another global war is theoretically possible, and if so, whether it can be averted. This comprehensive volume brings us a much needed analysis of wars throughout the ages, their origins, their consequences, and their relationship to the present. A valuable understanding that is ideal for social scientists from a variety of backgrounds.

Author : C. McQueen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230554979

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Humanitarian Intervention and Safety Zones by C. McQueen Pdf

Neither willing to engage in a meaningful way to save targeted civilians in Iraq, Bosnia and Rwanda nor to stand entirely aside as massive violations of humanitarian law occurred, states embraced safety zones as a means to 'do something' whilst avoiding being drawn into open warfare. Humanitarian Intervention and Safety Zones: Iraq, Bosnia and Rwanda explores why and how effectively safety zones were implemented as a way to protect civilians and displaced persons in three of the most important conflicts of the 1990s. It shows how states consistently sought to reconcile their political and humanitarian interests, a process which often led to problematic and ambiguous outcomes, and assesses in fascinating detail the difficulties and controversies surrounding the use of such zones, variously called safe havens, safe areas, secure humanitarian areas, and zones humanitaires sûres . The book also asks whether or not such zones could serve as precedents for possible future attempts to ensure the safety of civilians in complex humanitarian emergencies.

Author : Viktor Bezruchenko
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing
Page : 742 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781682357125

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The Civil War in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-95) by Viktor Bezruchenko Pdf

The war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1995) was the bloodiest and most savage conflict in post-WWII Europe. While numerous books and articles on the subject exist, this book fills an important void by comprehensively addressing the intricacies of the conflict’s political, historic, military, and diplomatic factors. The brutal civil war triggered by the demise of Yugoslavia. Based on documents and eyewitness accounts, the book covers the ideologies, hidden agendas, military operations, covert actions, and diplomacy that resulted in the Dayton Peace Accords of 1995. It also includes the geography, population, and tumultuous history of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The author convincingly dispels myths related to the war, including pre-planned Serbian aggression, the siege of Sarajevo, the massacres of civilians in the UN “safe areas” of Srebrenica and Žepa, and Slobodan Miloševi?’s role.

Author : G. Scott Davis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781136667992

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Religion and Justice in the War Over Bosnia by G. Scott Davis Pdf

This volume brings together a distinguished group of thinkers, working in ethics, religion and history, to explore moral and religious issues that underlie the violence in Bosnia. ********************************************************* This volume brings together a distinguished group of thinkers to explore the moral and religious issues that underlie the violence and atrocities in Bosnia. From diverse academic and philosophical perspectives, the works of Jean Bethke Elshtain, James Turner Johnson, Michael Sells, John Kelsay, and G. Scott Davis will inform not just scholars of ethics, politics and religion, but everyone concerned with the prospects for justice in the post Cold War world.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : PSU:000068751814

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Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals by Anonim Pdf

Author : Taylor B. Seybolt
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Altruism
ISBN : 9780199252435

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Humanitarian Military Intervention by Taylor B. Seybolt Pdf

Military intervention in a conflict without a reasonable prospect of success is unjustifiable, especially when it is done in the name of humanity. Couched in the debate on the responsibility to protect civilians from violence and drawing on traditional 'just war' principles, the centralpremise of this book is that humanitarian military intervention can be justified as a policy option only if decision makers can be reasonably sure that intervention will do more good than harm. This book asks, 'Have past humanitarian military interventions been successful?' It defines success as saving lives and sets out a methodology for estimating the number of lives saved by a particular military intervention. Analysis of 17 military operations in six conflict areas that were thedefining cases of the 1990s-northern Iraq after the Gulf War, Somalia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Rwanda, Kosovo and East Timor-shows that the majority were successful by this measure. In every conflict studied, however, some military interventions succeeded while others failed, raising the question, 'Why have some past interventions been more successful than others?' This book argues that the central factors determining whether a humanitarian intervention succeeds are theobjectives of the intervention and the military strategy employed by the intervening states. Four types of humanitarian military intervention are offered: helping to deliver emergency aid, protecting aid operations, saving the victims of violence and defeating the perpetrators of violence. Thefocus on strategy within these four types allows an exploration of the political and military dimensions of humanitarian intervention and highlights the advantages and disadvantages of each of the four types.Humanitarian military intervention is controversial. Scepticism is always in order about the need to use military force because the consequences can be so dire. Yet it has become equally controversial not to intervene when a government subjects its citizens to massive violation of their basic humanrights. This book recognizes the limits of humanitarian intervention but does not shy away from suggesting how military force can save lives in extreme circumstances.

Author : Mark A. Bucknam
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2005-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1410219127

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Responsibility of Command by Mark A. Bucknam Pdf

In this study Colonel Mark A. Bucknam examines the role that theater-level commanders in the UN and NATO played in influencing airpower over Bosnia between April 1993 and December 1995. He presents it in a chronological order that offers a coherent account of Operation Deny Flight. This study challenges assumptions about military leaders, their motivations, and the state of civil-military relations during the Bosnia conflict.

Author : Joachim Koops,Norrie MacQueen,Thierry Tardy,Paul D. Williams
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-09
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780191509544

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The Oxford Handbook of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations by Joachim Koops,Norrie MacQueen,Thierry Tardy,Paul D. Williams Pdf

The Oxford Handbook on United Nations Peacekeeping Operations presents an innovative, authoritative, and accessible examination and critique of the United Nations peacekeeping operations. Since the late 1940s, but particularly since the end of the cold war, peacekeeping has been a central part of the core activities of the United Nations and a major process in global security governance and the management of international relations in general. The volume will present a chronological analysis, designed to provide a comprehensive perspective that highlights the evolution of UN peacekeeping and offers a detailed picture of how the decisions of UN bureaucrats and national governments on the set-up and design of particular UN missions were, and remain, influenced by the impact of preceding operations. The volume will bring together leading scholars and senior practitioners in order to provide overviews and analyses of all 65 peacekeeping operations that have been carried out by the United Nations since 1948. As with all Oxford Handbooks, the volume will be agenda-setting in importance, providing the authoritative point of reference for all those working throughout international relations and beyond.

Author : Steven M. Riskin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Bosnia and Hercegovina
ISBN : IND:30000067621205

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Three Dimensions of Peacebuilding in Bosnia by Steven M. Riskin Pdf