Preventing War: The United Nations and Macedonia

This unique first-hand study provides the definitive account of the United Nations' first, and so far only, preventive peacekeeping operation. Illuminating the limits and possibilities of preventive diplomacy, Abiodun Williams traces the course of UN peacekeeping in Macedonia_the vital link in the stability of the southern Balkans_from 1992 to 1999. As he shows, the Macedonia case has important lessons for using preventive action to forestall other threats to international peace and security.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Preventive Diplomacy and the Evolution of UN Peacekeeping Chapter 2 The Burden of History Chapter 3 Making a New Beginning Chapter 4 Composition, Organization, and Structure of UNPREDEP Chapter 5 Keeping Watch Chapter 6 The Good Offices Function Chapter 7 Withdrawing a Winning Team Chapter 8 Conclusion

About the author

By Abiodun Williams

Summary

In the last decade of the the 20th century, the United Nations devised a new instrument - preventive deployment - to deal with the age-old problem of war. This study provides an account of the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP), which was deployed from 1992 to 1999 in Macedonia.

Product details

• Authors: Abiodun Williams
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780742509078
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-0907-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 228 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 404 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Osteuropa, Jugoslawien, Mazedonien, Krieg und militärische Operationen