Encyclopedia of international peacekeeping operations

Peacekeeping operations now form the common response of the international community to the problem of managing armed conflict in an increasingly violent world.

This reference work provides an account of the activity and development of the United Nations and other peacekeeping operations since the end of World War II, from the first observer missions in the Balkans (1947) and the first peacekeeping mission in the Middle East (1956) to the post-Cold War period when peacekeeping activity expanded rapidly.

Entries include major debates about the nature of peacekeeping, doctrines which define it militarily, biographical sketches of key figures, full historical profiles of all missions, profiles of the conflicts, UN offices which manage and administer operations, non-UN operations, training centres and programmes, new critical concepts covering issues such as women in peacekeeping, and human rights.