LEADER 04416nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910777684703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-231-50921-9 024 7 $a10.7312/mart12912 035 $a(CKB)1000000000455602 035 $a(EBL)909119 035 $a(OCoLC)60935015 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000813355 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12357246 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000813355 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10769012 035 $a(PQKB)10222754 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000147394 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11163620 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000147394 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10013655 035 $a(PQKB)10466560 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC909119 035 $a(DE-B1597)459100 035 $a(OCoLC)704692517 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231509213 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL909119 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10183405 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL666614 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000455602 100 $a20040730d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEnforcing the peace$b[electronic resource] $elearning from the imperial past /$fKimberly Zisk Marten 210 $aChichester $cColumbia University Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (431 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-12912-2 311 $a0-231-12913-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tOne. Peace, or Change? --$tTwo. Peacekeeping and Control --$tThree. State Interests, Humanitarianism, and Control --$tFour. Political Will and Security --$tFive. Military Tasks and Multilateralism --$tSix. Security as a Step to Peace --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aAnarchy makes it easy for terrorists to set up shop. Yet the international community has been reluctant to commit the necessary resources to peacekeeping-with devastating results locally and around the globe. This daring new work argues that modern peacekeeping operations and military occupations bear a surprising resemblance to the imperialism practiced by liberal states a century ago. Motivated by a similar combination of self-interested and humanitarian goals, liberal democracies in both eras have wanted to maintain a presence on foreign territory in order to make themselves more secure, while sharing the benefits of their own cultures and societies. Yet both forms of intervention have inevitably been undercut by weak political will, inconsistent policy choices, and their status as a low priority on the agenda of military organizations. In more recent times, these problems are compounded by the need for multilateral cooperation-something even NATO finds difficult to achieve but is now necessary for legitimacy. Drawing lessons from this provocative comparison, Kimberly Zisk Marten argues that the West's attempts to remake foreign societies in their own image-even with the best of intentions-invariably fail. Focusing on operations in Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, and East Timor in the mid- to late 1990's, while touching on both post-war Afghanistan and the occupation of Iraq, Enforcing the Peace compares these cases to the colonial activities of Great Britain, France, and the United States at the turn of the twentieth century. The book weaves together examples from these cases, using interviews Marten conducted with military officers and other peacekeeping officials at the UN, NATO, and elsewhere. Rather than trying to control political developments abroad, Marten proposes, a more sensible goal of foreign intervention is to restore basic security to unstable regions threatened by anarchy. The colonial experience shows that military organizations police effectively if political leaders prioritize the task, and the time has come to raise the importance of peacekeeping on the international agenda. 606 $aPeacekeeping forces 606 $aPeace-building 606 $aImperialism 615 0$aPeacekeeping forces. 615 0$aPeace-building. 615 0$aImperialism. 676 $a341.584 700 $aMarten$b Kimberly Zisk$f1963-$01518794 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777684703321 996 $aEnforcing the peace$93817686 997 $aUNINA