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9781554889815
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The Canadian contribution to peacekeeping is enormous but unsnared in a lethal mythology that has seen it abandoned to popular folklore. Scarce Heard Amid the Guns tears the curtain of myth away, providing a rare, visceral inner perspective of the various Canadian missions
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COVER; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART: I; Map of Cambodia; Chapter 1: THE SECRET HARBOUR; Chapter 2: A BOUQUET OF SHARDS: THE CANADIAN PEACEKEEPING MOSAIC; Chapter 3: A DANGEROUS MYTHOLOGY; PART: II; Chapter 4: THE CLASSICS AND WHY WE LOVE THEM (1956 TO 1973); Chapter 5: THE GOLDEN AGE: CYPRUS TO THE BERLIN WALL (1973 TO 1988); Chapter 6: THE GHOSTS OF AFRICA: THE BEGINNING OF A RISING TIDE; PART: III; Chapter 7: FIVE DAYS IN MAY: A FREE AND FAIR ELECTION FOR CAMBODIA; Map of Croatia
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Chapter 8: THE LAND WHERE UP IS DOWN: CANADIANS IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIAMap of Rwanda; Chapter 9: ROCK BOTTOM IN RWANDA (MISSIONS FROM 1989 TO 2005); Chapter 10: NON-UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING; Chapter 11: THINGS UNSEEN: SAVING THE LIPIZZANERS; Chapter 12: CANADA AND UN PEACEKEEPING TODAY; Chapter 13: COMING HOME; Epilogue: SUNDOWN AT THE CAMBODIANA; NOTES; Appendix: CANADIAN PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; BY THE SAME AUTHOR; BACK COVER;
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Also available in print version.
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9781459700963
Additional Edition:
9781554889815
Additional Edition:
Print version Scarce Heard Amid the Guns : An Inside Look at Canadian Peacekeeping
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