Soldiers For Peace

Author : Gary Uzonyi
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781626167735

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Finding Soldiers of Peace by Gary Uzonyi Pdf

The United Nations, which lacks its own peacekeeping force, faces three dilemmas when organizing a peacekeeping mission: convincing member states to contribute troops, persuading states to deploy troops quickly, and securing a troop commitment long enough to achieve success. The key to overcoming these challenges, Gary Uzonyi argues, is emphasizing the connection between peacekeeping and slowing the flow of refugees across borders. Finding Soldiers of Peace makes the case for this approach, which balances states’ self-interests with the United Nations’ goal of civilian protection. Through an analysis of post–Cold War UN peacekeeping missions, particularly interventions in Mali and Sudan, Uzonyi shows how member states often tie civilian protection rhetoric to efforts to keep conflict-driven refugees from crossing into their territory. Conventional wisdom holds that member states primarily engage in peacekeeping for payment or humanitarian reasons. Uzonyi proves otherwise, helping scholars and practitioners more accurately predict which member states are most likely to send support, where states may send assistance, when they might become involved, the size of their contribution, and their timetable for leaving. His research promotes practical strategies for the organization and execution of future missions that ensure member states stay invested in the outcome. A data-rich exploration of the UN response to humanitarian crises, Finding Soldiers of Peace shows how policymakers and practitioners can better strategize the execution of UN peacekeeping missions among diverse, and even contentious, stakeholders.

Author : Ron Carver,David Cortright,Barbara Doherty
Publisher : New Village Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781613321072

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Waging Peace in Vietnam by Ron Carver,David Cortright,Barbara Doherty Pdf

How American Soldiers Opposed and Resisted the War in Vietnam While mainstream narratives of the Vietnam War all but marginalize anti-war activity of soldiers, opposition and resistance from within the three branches of the military made a real difference to the course of America’s engagement in Vietnam. By 1968, every major peace march in the United States was led by active duty GIs and Vietnam War veterans. By 1970, thousands of active duty soldiers and marines were marching in protest in US cities. Hundreds of soldiers and marines in Vietnam were refusing to fight; tens of thousands were deserting to Canada, France and Sweden. Eventually the US Armed Forces were no longer able to sustain large-scale offensive operations and ceased to be effective. Yet this history is largely unknown and has been glossed over in much of the written and visual remembrances produced in recent years. Waging Peace in Vietnam shows how the GI movement unfolded, from the numerous anti-war coffee houses springing up outside military bases, to the hundreds of GI newspapers giving an independent voice to active soldiers, to the stockade revolts and the strikes and near-mutinies on naval vessels and in the air force. The book presents first-hand accounts, oral histories, and a wealth of underground newspapers, posters, flyers, and photographs documenting the actions of GIs and veterans who took part in the resistance. In addition, the book features fourteen original essays by leading scholars and activists. Notable contributors include Vietnam War scholar and author, Christian Appy, and Mme Nguyen Thi Binh, who played a major role in the Paris Peace Accord. The book originates from the exhibition Waging Peace, which has been shown in Vietnam and the University of Notre Dame, and will be touring the eastern United States in conjunction with book launches in Boston, Amherst, and New York.

Author : Paul Chappell
Publisher : Easton Studio Press LLC
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781632260840

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Soldiers of Peace by Paul Chappell Pdf

Soldiers of Peace, by West Point graduate and Iraq War veteran Paul K. Chappell, is the sixth book in his seven-book Road to Peace series. The titles in this important series can be read in any order. All are about waging peace, ending war, the art of living, and what it means to be human. In a world where so many “solutions” deal with surface symptoms rather than the root causes of our problems, Chappell's books provide real guidance we can follow to change ourselves and change the world for the better. In Soldiers of Peace, Paul discusses how to wield the weapon of nonviolence with maximum force so that we can understand, confront, and heal our personal and societal wounds. To create realistic peace we must be as well trained in waging peace as soldiers are in waging war. Chappell discusses how our misunderstanding of peace and violence originate from our misunderstanding about reality and the human condition itself. This book offers a new paradigm in human understanding by dispelling popular myths and revealing timeless truths about the reality of struggle, rage, trauma, empathy, the limitations of violence, the power of nonviolence, and the skills needed to create lasting peace. Through the educational initiative of peace literacy and the metaphor of the constellation of peace, Soldiers of Peace offers a practical framework so that all of us can apply this new paradigm to our daily lives, and therefore create realistic peace within our friendships, families, workplaces, communities, nations, and the entire world. In a time of increased strife and violence in our society, this book is more critically needed than ever.

Author : J. Schafer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007-07-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230605718

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Soldiers at Peace by J. Schafer Pdf

This is the first scholarly study of soldiers and guerrillas demobilized after the civil war in Mozambique (1979-1992). The book examines former soldiers' - from both sides - return to civilian life, and how their identity as veterans plays out in the political sphere.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:816495283

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Soldiers for Peace: Fifty Years of United Nations Peacekeeping by Anonim Pdf

Author : Thijs Brocades Zaalberg
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9789053567920

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Soldiers and Civil Power by Thijs Brocades Zaalberg Pdf

Since the Cold War, peace operations have become the core focus of many Western armed forces. In these operations, the division between civil and military responsibilities often rapidly blurs. Among policy makers and in military circles, a debate has erupted regarding the scope of the military in stabilizing and reconstructing war torn societies. Should soldiers, who primarily prepare for combat duties, observe a strict segregation between the "military sphere" and the "civilian sphere" or become involved in "nation building"? Should soldiers be allowed to venture into the murky arena of public security, civil administration, humanitarian relief, and political and social reconstruction? In Soldiers and Civil Power, Thijs Brocades Zaalberg draws on military records and in-depth interviews with key players to examine international operations in the 1990's in Cambodia, Somalia, Bosnia, and Kosovo. Focusing his historical analysis on the experiences of various battalions in the field, he reveals large gaps between this tactical level of operations, political-strategic decision making and military doctrine. By comparing peace operations to examples of counterinsurgency operations in the colonial era and military governance in World War II, he exposes the controversial, but inescapable role of the Western military in supporting and even substituting civil authorities during military interventions. At a time when US forces and its allies struggle to restore order in Iraq and Afghanistan, Brocades Zaalberg’s in-depth study is an invaluable resource not only for military historians, but anyone interested in the evolving global mission of armed forces in the twenty-first century.

Author : Leonie Steinl
Publisher : Springer
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-19
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789462652019

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Child Soldiers as Agents of War and Peace by Leonie Steinl Pdf

This book deals with child soldiers’ involvement in crimes under international law. Child soldiers are often victims of grave human rights abuses, and yet, in some cases, they also participate actively in inflicting violence upon others. Nonetheless, the international discourse on child soldiers often tends to ignore the latter dimension of children’s involvement in armed conflict and instead focuses exclusively on their role as victims. While it might seem as though the discourse is therefore beneficial for child soldiers as it protects them from blame and responsibility, it is important to realize that the so-called passive victim narrative entails various adverse consequences, which can hinder the successful reintegration of child soldiers into their families, communities and societies. This book aims to address this dilemma. First, the available options for dealing with child soldiers’ participation in crimes under international law, such as transitional justice and criminal justice, and their shortcomings are analyzed in depth. Subsequently a new approach is developed towards achieving accountability in a child-adequate way, which is called restorative transitional justice. This book is in the first place aimed at researchers with an interest in child soldiers, children and armed conflict, as well as international criminal law, transitional justice, juvenile justice, restorative justice, children’s rights, and international human rights law. Secondly, professionals working on issues of transitional justice, juvenile justice, international criminal law, children’s rights, and the reintegration of child soldiers will also find the subject matter of great relevance to their practice. Dr. Leonie Steinl, LL.M. (Columbia) is a Researcher and Lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the Humboldt-Universität in Berlin.

Author : Max Hastings
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780008454241

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Soldiers: Great Stories of War and Peace by Max Hastings Pdf

‘A gripping new collection from Max Hastings that puts you at the heart of the battle ... Compelling’ Daily Mail‘An unmissable read’ Sunday Times

Author : Erwin A. Schmidl
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0714649899

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Peace Operations Between War and Peace by Erwin A. Schmidl Pdf

Peace operations entail a special form of co-operation between nation-states and international organization, but tend to be most difficult for the soldiers, police and civilian officials on the ground. This volume highlights the latter role with case studies of Srebrenica and Somalia.

Author : J.L. Granatstein
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 677 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781487509507

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Canada's Army by J.L. Granatstein Pdf

Written by J.L. Granatstein, one of the country's leading political and military historians, Canada's Army traces the full three-hundred-year history of the Canadian military. This thoroughly revised third edition brings Granatstein’s work up to date with fresh material and new scholarship on the evolving role of the military in Canadian society. It includes new coverage of the War in Afghanistan; NATO deployments to Poland, Latvia, and Iraq; aid to the civil power deployments; and the role of the army reserve. Masterfully written and passionately argued, Canada's Army offers a rich analysis of the political context for the battles and events that shape our understanding of the Canadian military.

Author : Susan L. Carruthers
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674545700

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The Good Occupation by Susan L. Carruthers Pdf

Waged for a just cause, World War II was America’s good war. Yet for millions of GIs, the war did not end with the enemy’s surrender. From letters, diaries, and memoirs, Susan Carruthers chronicles the intimate thoughts and feelings of ordinary servicemen and women whose difficult mission was to rebuild nations they had recently worked to destroy.

Author : A. S. Naravane
Publisher : APH Publishing
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Artillerymen
ISBN : 8176484377

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A Soldier's Life in War and Peace by A. S. Naravane Pdf

"This book chronicles the life and times of Major General A.S. Naravane, both in peace and war. He joined the Indian Military Academy, Dehra Dun in 1936 and was commissioned in 1938. He was amongst the first few who were accepted for the Indian Artillery, which, till 1934 was offered exclusively by the British. His early days in the regiment were one of very hard work and training. The profession of arms was a very highly prized occupation and all was done to make the young officers worthy of being in it. The training methods then are described with much pride and nostalgia. Naravane went to war as a captain and his artillery regiment, the 2nd Field, soon saw action against the then invincible Germans under Rommel. At Bir Hachiem he was taken prisoner. The trials and tribulations as a prisoner are worth reading, especially for the young officer, as they show that whatever the conditions, the first duty of every prisoner of war is to try and escape. Liberty may be lost, but courage and pride in one's regiment, never. The transition from the British Indian Army to a national army is brought out frankly but with restraint. His career and rise to the post of Director of Artillery is, in a way, the conflict of the old and the new that every pre-war officer had to face"--Dust jacket.

Author : Bruce Pirnie,William E. Simons
Publisher : RAND Corporation
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Law
ISBN : 0833023969

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Soldiers for Peace by Bruce Pirnie,William E. Simons Pdf

Defines peace operations using examples from the Congo to Croatia.

Author : Paul K. Chappell
Publisher : Prospecta Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-29
Category : Conflict management
ISBN : 1632260832

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Soldiers of Peace by Paul K. Chappell Pdf

Sixth book in a seven book series. Soldiers of Peace focuses on how to wield the weapon of nonviolence with maximum force so that we can understand, confront, and heal our personal and societal wounds.

Author : Fred Johnson
Publisher : Fred Johnson
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0998171492

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Five Wars by Fred Johnson Pdf

The stunning memoir of a 29-year Army veteran with two tours in Iraq and one each in Afghanistan and Bosnia.