LEADER 04436nam 2200685 450 001 9910455947903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-00846-3 010 $a9786612008467 010 $a1-4426-8008-3 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442680081 035 $a(CKB)2420000000004370 035 $a(EBL)3250403 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000309892 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11925168 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000309892 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10283456 035 $a(PQKB)10966205 035 $a(CaPaEBR)417837 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600164 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3250403 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671973 035 $a(DE-B1597)464884 035 $a(OCoLC)944177536 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442680081 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671973 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257660 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL200846 035 $a(OCoLC)288075306 035 $a(EXLCZ)992420000000004370 100 $a20160922e19991998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSoldiers of diplomacy $ethe United Nations, peacekeeping, and the new world order /$fJocelyn Coulon ; translated by Phyllis Aronoff and Howard Scott 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1999. 210 4$dİ1998 215 $a1 online resource (244 p.) 300 $aTranslation of: Les Casques bleus. 311 $a0-8020-0899-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. In the Glass Tower -- $t2. A Nobel Prize for Canada -- $t3. The Soldier-Diplomat -- $t4. Cambodia: The Fairies around the Cradle -- $t5. Sabotage and Betrayal in Western Sahara -- $t6. The New Warriors -- $t7. Murder in Somalia -- $t8. The Unhappy Warriors -- $t9. Obstruction by the Great Powers -- $t10. Peacekeeping Takes a Back Seat to Politics -- $t11. A Huge Lego Set -- $t12. Pressure from the French -- $tEpilogue -- $tAppendix A: United Nations Peacekeeping Missions to 1 September 1994 -- $tAppendix B: Excerpts from the Charter of the United Nations -- $tNotes -- $tSelected Bibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aUnited Nations peacekeeping troops, or 'Blue Helmets,' were first deployed in 1956 to oversee the withdrawal of French, British, and Israeli forces from the Suez Canal. Canadian Lester B. Pearson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize the following year for proposing this solution to the Suez crisis. Now forty years later, United Nations peacekeepers play a very different role from that of Pearson's lightly armed 'soldier-diplomats.' In June 1997, there were only seven UN missions in which the Blue Helmets were acting as true peacekeepers; another ten missions placed the Blue Helmets in civil conflicts where their roles ranged from evacuating threatened groups to organizing elections, and their tasks were much more dangerous.Jocelyn Coulon draws his experiences visiting nine peacekeeping missions, including Cambodia, Bosnia, and Somalia, at a pivotal point in UN history, when the UN troops were increasingly acting as warriors of a new world order. He raises important questions: How can the UN distinguish its objectives from the interests of the great powers? Could - and should - the UN maintain an independent army? How can the pitfalls encountered by the peacekeepers in Somalia and Bosnia be avoided? Finally, Coulon urges a return to the original, though less spectacular, role of the UN soldiers: keeping the peace where peace is really the goal of the parties involved.Soldiers of Diplomacy was first published in French in 1994; this new English edition has been updated to reflect recent events. The result of interviews with dozens of soldiers, officers, and officials involved in peacekeeping activities, it is a unique and thought-provoking investigation of UN peacekeeping. 606 $aInternational police 607 $aCanada$xArmed Forces 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aInternational police. 676 $a341.5/23 700 $aCoulon$b Jocelyn$0994151 702 $aAronoff$b Phyllis 702 $aScott$b Howard 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455947903321 996 $aSoldiers of diplomacy$92485877 997 $aUNINA