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almafu_9959017972602883
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1 online resource :
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25 black and white illustrations
ISBN:
9789048503902
Inhalt:
Since the Cold War, peace operations have become the core focus of many Western armed forces. In these operations, the division between civil and military responsibilities often rapidly blurs. Among policy makers and in military circles, a debate has erupted regarding the scope of the military in stabilizing and reconstructing war torn societies. Should soldiers, who primarily prepare for combat duties, observe a strict segregation between the "military sphere" and the "civilian sphere" or become involved in "nation building"? Should soldiers be allowed to venture into the murky arena of public security, civil administration, humanitarian relief, and political and social reconstruction? In Soldiers and Civil Power, Thijs Brocades Zaalberg draws on military records and in-depth interviews with key players to examine international operations in the 1990's in Cambodia, Somalia, Bosnia, and Kosovo. Focusing his historical analysis on the experiences of various battalions in the field, he reveals large gaps between this tactical level of operations, political-strategic decision making and military doctrine. By comparing peace operations to examples of counterinsurgency operations in the colonial era and military governance in World War II, he exposes the controversial, but inescapable role of the Western military in supporting and even substituting civil authorities during military interventions. At a time when US forces and its allies struggle to restore order in Iraq and Afghanistan, Brocades Zaalberg’s in-depth study is an invaluable resource not only for military historians, but anyone interested in the evolving global mission of armed forces in the twenty-first century.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgements --
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Introduction --
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PART I. The Civil-Military Interface in Twentieth-Century Military Operations --
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1. Substituting the Civil Power: Civil Affairs and Military Government in World War II --
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2. Supporting the Civil Power: Counterinsurgency and the Return to Conventional Warfare --
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PART II. Complex Peacekeeping: The United Nations in Cambodia --
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3. Making Sense of the Mission: UNTAC’s Military and Civil Mandates --
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4. The Slippery Slope toward Public Security: Soldiers and Policemen in Cambodia --
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5. ‘Sanderson’s Coup’: Militarized Elections amidst Escalating Violence --
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PART III. American Interventions: Segregating the Civil and Military Spheres --
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6. ‘Peacekeeping’ in a Power Vacuum: The Reluctant American Occupation of Somalia --
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7. Securing and Governing Baidoa: Australia’s Living Laboratory in Somalia --
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8. One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Widening the Civil-Military Gap in Bosnia --
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PART IV. Kosovo. Military Government by Default --
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9. The Kosovo Force: Entering the Wasteland --
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10. The Kosovar Constabulary: The Race between Order and Disorder --
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11. Peacekeepers in Pursuit of Justice: Protecting and Prosecuting Serbs in Orahovac --
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12. The UÇK’s Silent Coup: KFOR in the Civil Administrative Vacuum --
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13. The Tools at Hand: Civil-Military Cooperation in Kosovo --
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Conclusion --
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Primary Sources and Bibliography --
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Glossary and Military Terminology --
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Notes --
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Sources of Illustrations --
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Index
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In English.
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1515/9789048503902
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048503902
