War and intervention : issues for contemporary peace operations /
Michael V. Bhatia.
- xiv, 222 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-215) and index.
The United Nations: defining peace operations -- II. The United States: intervention in context -- A. The moral imperative or the national interest? -- B. Policy developments and guidelines -- Table 2.1: select U.S. doctrine for peace operations -- C. Recent debates -- III. The international environment: the diplomatic cost of achieving intervention -- IV. Conclusion -- 3. The operational environment: dissolution and globalization -- A. Intra-state vs. inter-state war -- I. On various causes of contemporary internal conflict -- A. Mobilizing combatants -- II. The structure and organization of armed movements -- A. Dissolution: the use of paramilitaries and militias -- B. Globalization: financing and supplying war -- A. The political economy of internal conflict -- B. The arms bazaar -- C. The criminalization of violence -- D. The privatisation of security -- C. Conclusion -- III. Alternative forms of competition and conflict -- A. Parallel government and social service provision -- B. Terror and psychological forms of violence -- C. Forced migration of populations and famine -- D. The manipulation of humanitarian aid -- The information tool: from propaganda to attack and intelligence -- IV. Conclusion -- 4. Contemporary peace operations: administering territory -- I. Achieving intervention: from sanctions to the use of force -- A. Airpower: operation allied force -- II. The intervention spectrum -- A. Peace agreements -- B. From colonial and military government to trusteeship and transitional administration -- A. National consultative bodies, elections and political reconstruction -- B. Municipal and district level administration -- C. The importance of local consultation and participation -- C. The multi-actor environment -- A. Multinational contingents -- B. International agencies and non-military actors -- C. Harmonizing the pillars of peace -- D. Reestablishing the rule of law: policing and the judiciary -- E. Peace, truth, justice and reconciliation? : war crimes tribunals and truth and reconciliation commissions -- F. Humanitarian relief and development: questioning the continuum -- G. Economic reconstruction -- III. Conclusion -- The military dimension: methods and emerging capabilities -- A. The use of force and the military threat -- B. The military's involvement in non-military tasks -- I. The United States and the revolution in military affairs -- A. Emphasizing the political -- A. Area expertise and psychological operations -- B. Training for peace operations -- B. U.S. defense realignment and emerging technologies -- II. Regional subcontracting -- A. EU rapid-reaction force/European security defense identity (ESDI) and national capabilities -- B. Constabulary units -- C. Economic Community of West African States, Military Observer Group (ECOWAS-ECOMOG) and the African Conflict Response Initiative (ACRI) -- D. Australia in Southeast Asia -- III. Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Afterwards-aftermath.
1565491645 9781565491649 1565491653 9781565491656
2002156660
Peacekeeping forces Humanitarian intervention War Political violence