The fog of peace : a memoir of international peacekeeping in the 21st century /

Guéhenno, Jean-Marie, 1949-

The fog of peace : a memoir of international peacekeeping in the 21st century / Jean-Marie Guéhenno - Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2015] - xvii, 331 pages ; 24 cm

SIP1506

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue -- Afghanistan : 9/11 and the War on Terror -- Iraq : lingering damage to the idea of collective action -- Georgia : the war that could have been avoided -- Cote d'Ivoire : elections are rarely the shortest route -- Democratic Republic of the Congo : the limits of the use of force -- Sudan : dangers of a fragmented strategy for a fragmented country -- Darfur : deploying peacekeepers against all odds -- Lebanon : how to end a war -- Kosovo : the long goodbye -- Haiti : the difficulty of helping others -- Syria : a world out of control -- Making the United Nations relevant in today's world -- Epilogue

9780815726364 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0815726368 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780815726302 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0815726309 (pbk. : alk. paper)


peacekeeping forces--peacekeeping operations--conflict resolution--conflict prevention--UN
war--conflict research--armed conflicts--terrorism--history