Mission critical : smaller democracies' role in global stability operations /

Mission critical : smaller democracies' role in global stability operations /

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Imprint:Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2010.
Description:vii, 298 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Peacekeeping forces.
Armed Forces -- Operations other than war.
Nation-building.
Security, International.
States, Small.
Political stability.
Armed Forces -- Operations other than war.
Nation-building.
Peacekeeping forces.
Political stability.
Security, International.
States, Small.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8354007
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Other authors / contributors:Last, David M.
Leuprecht, Christian, 1973-
Troy, Jodok.
Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Centre for International Relations.
Försvarshögskolan (Sweden)
Lester B. Pearson Canadian International Peacekeeping Training Centre.
ISBN:9781553392446 (pbk.)
1553392442 (pbk.)
9781553392453 (bound)
1553392450 (bound)
Notes:Co-published by the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre, the Swedish National Defence College and the Queen's Centre for International Relations.
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:"The military forces of the United States are reluctant to engage in peacekeeping, stabilization, and nation-building, and the complexity of working in a national bureaucracy that is bigger and more divided than the United Nations and European Union combined makes response by the world's superpower difficult." "Still, the chaotic margins of international order need stabilizing if they are not to threaten western and global interests in perpetuity. Herein lies the challenge of expeditionary missions for smaller advanced democracies: reject the technological fantasy of future war scenarios, come to terms with the social context of violence and the human implications of managing it, and project stabilization globally in support of a consensus that will survive a changing world order. Mission Critical will appeal to scholars, the military, and strategic planners in countries small and large with an interest in sharing the heavy lifting of international security more effectively."--BOOK JACKET.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Taking Allies Seriously: Modest Responses by Modest Countries?
  • Part 1. The Changing Environment of New Missions
  • At the Demographic Crossroads: International Security Strategy for the 21st Century
  • Accommodating Complexity in New Operations
  • Fragile Support: MONUC's Reputation and Legitimacy in the Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Part 2. Building Communities in Support of International Stability
  • Of Structures, Ambitions and National Caveats: The ESDP/CSDP and Austria
  • New Missions and Emerging Powers: Brazil, Peace Operations and MINUSTAH
  • Building a Research Community to Support New Missions: The Role of Defence Universities
  • Part 3. Competencies for New Missions
  • Cooperative and Learning-Oriented Leadership Related to Civil-Military Relations in International Missions? A Relational Approach
  • Private-Military Interfaces: Cooperation and Non-Cooperation between Private Military and Security Companies and the Armed Forces
  • Part 4. Collaboration vs. Imposition
  • The Role of Trust in Whole of Government Missions
  • Anthropology and Cultural Awareness for the Military
  • Respectful Collaborative Stabilization Operations and Rule of Law
  • Contributors
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