Peace Operations Between War and Peace

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. The evolution of peace operations from the 19th century, Erwin A. Schmidl; political tasks of peace-maintenance, Jarat Chopra; from counterinsurgency to peace enforcement - new games for old games? Thomas R. Mockaitis; military culture and strategic peacekeeping, Christopher Dandeker and James Gow; learning lessons the hard way - Somalia and Srebrenica compared, Christ Klep and Donna Winslow; photographic essay (of peace operations since 1897), Erwin A. Schmidl; the fuzzy environment and postmodern soldiers - the motivation of the Italian contingent in Bosnia, Fabrizio Battistelli, Teresa Ammendola and Maria Grazia Galantino.