This book delves into the history of armed intervention to explore arguments both for and against military intervention, and to assess when and where it is necessary, if it is ever necessary at all.
Presents a collection of fifteen essays that examine the issues related to the management, leadership, and accountability of United States national security, from peacekeeping efforts in Bosnia to the war against terrorism.
Australia, Indonesia, and the independence of East Timor
Fernandes, Clinton
2004
Discusses how the government of Australia worked to support Indonesia's occupation of East Timor, exposing policies that supported the Indonesian military regime and prevented a ballot of independence before the pressure of activists and the public forced the Howard government to send a peacekeeping force to reluctantly help East Timor.
Romeo Dallaire was the force commander of the UN Assistance Mission to Rwanda in 1993-1994. His small peacekeeping force found themselves abandoned by the world's major powers and caught up in civil war and genocide. He and his forces managed to rescue thousands but his calls for support went unanswered and he still witnessed the murder of 800,000 Rwandans in one hundred days. He is the highest ranking military officer ever to suffer openly with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). He is currently a Fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights in the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Explores issues related to war, including causes, types, results, and peacekeeping efforts, illustrated by examples of armed conflicts throughout history and around the world.
Examines both the civilian and military contributions to rebuilding war-torn nations such as Iraq and Afghanistan and analyzes the problems and challenges from conflict to the role of democracy around the world.
