Canada, the Congo crisis, and UN peacekeeping, 1960-64 [[electronic resource] /] / Kevin A. Spooner
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| Autore: |
Spooner Kevin A (Kevin Alexander), <1968->
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| Titolo: |
Canada, the Congo crisis, and UN peacekeeping, 1960-64 [[electronic resource] /] / Kevin A. Spooner
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| Pubblicazione: | Vancouver, : UBC Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 967.5103 |
| Soggetto topico: | History, Modern - 20th century |
| Soggetto geografico: | Canada Armed Forces Congo (Democratic Republic) History |
| Congo (Democratic Republic) History Civil War, 1960-1965 | |
| Canada Foreign relations 1945- | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Canada, the Congo crisis, and UN peacekeeping, 1960-64 |
| ISBN: | 1-282-74058-X |
| 9786612740589 | |
| 0-7748-1638-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910825572803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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