03391nam 2200649Ia 450 991097008900332120250704175252.01-282-74058-X97866127405890-7748-1638-410.59962/9780774816380(CKB)2550000000017407(OCoLC)609988636(CaPaEBR)ebrary10376375(SSID)ssj0000611449(PQKBManifestationID)11974009(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000611449(PQKBWorkID)10663721(PQKB)11428426(MiAaPQ)EBC3412651(MiAaPQ)EBC3267976(Au-PeEL)EBL3412651(CaPaEBR)ebr10378047(CaONFJC)MIL274058(OCoLC)923446746(DE-B1597)661557(DE-B1597)9780774816380(EXLCZ)99255000000001740720081230d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrCanada, the Congo crisis, and UN peacekeeping, 1960-64 /Kevin A. SpoonerVancouver UBC Pressc20091 online resource (297 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7748-1637-6 0-7748-1636-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Prelude to Crisis: Setting the Stage for Canadian Involvement -- 2. Decision Time: Diefenbaker and the Dispatch of Peacekeepers -- 3. Deployment: Trials and Tribulations in ONUC's Early Days -- 4. Constitutional Crisis: Peacekeeping in a Political Vacuum -- 5. Continued Chaos: Balancing Peacekeeping and Politics -- 6. Challenge of Katanga: Peacekeeping and the Use of Force -- 7. Preparing for Withdrawal: ONUC's Final Months.In 1960 the Republic of Congo teetered near collapse as its first government struggled to cope with civil unrest and mutinous armed forces. When the UN established what would become the largest peacekeeping operation of the Cold War, the Canadian government faced a difficult decision. Should it support the intervention? As Kevin Spooner demonstrates, Canada's involvement in the mission was not preordained. The Diefenbaker government became enmeshed in a complex web of foreign and defence policy determinants that caused it to have immediate and ongoing reservations � reservations that challenge cherished notions of Canada's commitment to the UN and it status as a peacekeeper. This book offers one of the first detailed accounts of Canada's involvement in UN peacekeeping. It will appeal to those interested in Canadian foreign policy and relations with Africa in particular and the Congo crisis and United Nations peacekeeping more generally.History, Modern20th centuryCanadaArmed ForcesDemocratic Republic of the CongoHistoryDemocratic Republic of the CongoHistoryCivil War, 1960-1965CanadaForeign relations1945-History, Modern967.5103Spooner Kevin A(Kevin Alexander),1968-1831345MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910970089003321Canada, the Congo crisis, and UN peacekeeping, 1960-644403571UNINA