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Title

Mission critical : smaller democracies' role in global stability operations / edited by Christian Leuprecht, Jodok Troy, David Last.

Publication

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2010.

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Additional Authors

• Last, David M.
• Leuprecht, Christian, 1973-
• Troy, Jodok.
• Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Centre for International Relations.
• Försvarshögskolan (Sweden)
• Lester B. Pearson Canadian International Peacekeeping Training Centre.

Description

vii, 298 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm

Summary

"The military forces of the United States are reluctant to engage in peacekeeping, stabilization, and nation-building, and the complexity of working in a national bureaucracy that is bigger and more divided than the United Nations and European Union combined makes response by the world's superpower difficult." "Still, the chaotic margins of international order need stabilizing if they are not to threaten western and global interests in perpetuity. Herein lies the challenge of expeditionary missions for smaller advanced democracies: reject the technological fantasy of future war scenarios, come to terms with the social context of violence and the human implications of managing it, and project stabilization globally in support of a consensus that will survive a changing world order. Mission Critical will appeal to scholars, the military, and strategic planners in countries small and large with an interest in sharing the heavy lifting of international security more effectively."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Peacekeeping forces
• Armed Forces > Operations other than war
• Nation-building
• Security, International
• States, Small
• Political stability

Note

• Co-published by the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre, the Swedish National Defence College and the Queen's Centre for International Relations.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Taking allies seriously : modest responses by modest countries / Jodok Troy and Christian Leuprecht -- The changing environment of new missions. At the demographic crossroads : international security strategy for the 21st century / Christian Leuprecht ; Accomodating complexity in new operations / Sarah Jane Meharg and Kristine St-Pierre ; Fragile support : MONUC's reputation and legitimacy in the Democratic Republic of Congo / Ingrid van Osch and Joseph Soeters -- Building communities in support of international stability. Of structures, ambitions and national caveats : the ESDP/ CSDP and Austria / Franco Algieri and Arnold H. Kammel ; New missions and emerging powers : Brazil, peace operations and MINUSTAH / Kai Michael Kenkel ; Building a research community to support new missions : the role of defence universities / David Last -- Competencies for new missions. Cooperative and learning-oriented leadership related to civil-military relations in international missions : a relational approach / Bo Talerud ; Private-military interfaces : cooperation and non-cooperation between private military and security companies and the armed forces / Gerhard Kümmel -- Collaboration vs. imposition. The role of trust in whole of government missions / Megan M. Thompson and Ritu Gill ; Anthropology and cultural awareness for the military / Donna Winslow ; Respectful collaborative stabilization operations and rule of law / David Last.

Call Number

JFE 14-3414

ISBN

• 9781553392446 (pbk.)
• 1553392442 (pbk.)
• 9781553392453 (bound)
• 1553392450 (bound)

OCLC

630475222

Title

Mission critical : smaller democracies' role in global stability operations / edited by Christian Leuprecht, Jodok Troy, David Last.

Imprint

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2010.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Last, David M.

Leuprecht, Christian, 1973-

Troy, Jodok.

Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Centre for International Relations.

Försvarshögskolan (Sweden)

Lester B. Pearson Canadian International Peacekeeping Training Centre.

Research Call Number

JFE 14-3414