Ghana Armed Forces in Lebanon and Liberia Peace Operations

This book analyzes the peace keeping operations Ghana has undertaken in Lebanon and Liberia and provides knowledge and a reference base for researchers and students studying conflict, peace, and security studies, political science, and international politics.

List of contents

1. Introduction and Conceptual Considerations
2. United Nations, ECOWAS and Ghana in Peace Operations
3. Background and Geo-Politics of the Lebanese War
4. The Ghana Armed Forces and the UN Peace Operations in Lebanon
5. Liberia: Background and the Dynamics of the Civil War
6. The Ghana Armed Forces and the ECOWAS/UN Peace Operations in Liberia
7. A Comparative Analysis: Peace Operations in Lebanon and Liberia
8. Conclusion: Applying Ghana's Experience to Global and Regional Peace Operations

About the author

Emmanual Wekem Kotia is a colonel of the Ghana Armed Forces with more than twenty-eight years of service. He is chief instructor and academic programs coordinator at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre.

Summary

This book analyzes the peace keeping operations Ghana has undertaken in Lebanon and Liberia and provides knowledge and a reference base for researchers and students studying conflict, peace, and security studies, political science, and international politics.

Product details

• Authors: Emmanuel Wekem Kotia, Kotia Emmanuel Wekem
• Assisted by: H. E. Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas (Foreword)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2016
• EAN: 9780739196519
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-9651-9
• No. of pages: 262
• Series: Conflict and Security in the Developing World; Conflict and Security in the D; Conflict and Security in the Developing World; Conflict and Security in the D
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, military history, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, International Relations, Politics & government, Warfare & defence, Peace studies & conflict resolution, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General