Review: Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding: Peace Enforcement
| Published date | 01 December 2002 |
| DOI | 10.1177/002070200205700421 |
| Date | 01 December 2002 |
| Author | Michael G. Mackinnon |
| Subject Matter | Review |
Reviews
of
conflict resolution
(although
this
might
have
been
useful),
nor
does
he
investigate
the
'mindset'
of
the
two
communities
and their
'mother-
lands.'
He
does
analyze
in
great
detail the
West's
interest
in
Cyprus,
the
British efforts
to
contain
the
crisis,
the
recruitment
of
the United
Nations
force
and
its
policies
in
Cyprus,
as
well
as
the
quest
for
a
'bet-
ter
settlement'
(emphasis
added)
in
the
island after
1963-4.
Alan
James's
archival
research
demonstrates
the
unpopularity
of
President
Makarios
in
Western
diplomatic
circles
and
suggests
that
negative
images,
perceptions,
and
distrust
of
local
leaderships
had
a
decisive
influence
on
the
tactics
and
policies
implemented
by
major
powers.
While
Western
antipathy
for Makarios
is
clearly
demonstrated,
its
sources have
to
be
further
examined
for decisive
evidence
that
Makarios's
record
of
negotiating
and
implementing
agreements
was
worse
than
those
of
other
actors
involved
in
the
crisis.
To
this
point,
James
includes
some
interesting
details
of
Makarios
personal
life
and
character
that
beg
greater
exploration,
possibly in
a
biography
of
Makarios.
Finally,
James's
book
is
important
in
its
understanding
that
analyses
of
international
crises
should
not
only
be
confined
to
interest
politics
but
should
also
include
the
role
of
agency,
perception,
and
leadership.
Neophytos
G.
Loizides/University
of
Toronto
PEACE
ENFORCEMENT
The United
Nations
experience
in
Congo,
Somalia,
and
Bosnia
Jane
Boulden
Westport
CT:
Praeger, 2001,
xii,
161pp,
ISBN
0-275-96906-1
The
United
Nation
controversial
and, at
times,
disappointing encoun-
ters
with
the
use
of
force
during
what
were
ostensibly peacekeeping
operations
is
the
focus
of
this
study
by
Canadian
academic, Jane
Boulden.
Her
case
studies,
as
one
would
expect,
consist
of
the
cold
war
era
intervention
in
the
former
Belgian
Congo
(1960-4)
and
two
of
the
higher
profile
cases
from
the
1990s,
Somalia
and
Bosnia.
As
she
explains
in
her
introduction:
'These
three
cases
are
chosen
because
they represent
the
only
examples
of
the
UN
use
of
force
to
compel
com-
pliance
involving
sustained military
operations'
(p
4).
Boulden's
inter-
est
in
the
issue
of
the
use
of
force
is
approached
via
the
same
four
routes
in
each
case:
1)
historical
background;
2)
the
nature
of
the
mission
mandates
and
how
and
why
they
were
arrived
at;
3)
how
each
mandate
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