The long search for peace : observer missions and beyond, 1947-2006 / Peter Londey, Rhys Crawley and David Horner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Londey, Peter, author.

Crawley, Rhys, 1985- author.

Horner, David, author.

Series:

Official history of Australian peacekeeping, humanitarian and post-cold war operations ; 1.

The official history of Australian peacekeeping, humanitarian and post-cold war operations ; volume 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peacekeeping forces, Australian.

Peacekeeping forces--Australia--History.

Peacekeeping forces.

History.

Australia--Military policy.

Australia.

Military policy.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 900 pages, plates (various pagings) : illustrations (some color), maps; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Summary:

"The operations described in The Long Search for Peace - some long, some short; some successful, some not - represent a long period of learning and experimentation, and were a necessary apprenticeship for all that was to follow. Australia contributed peacekeepers to all major decolonisation efforts: for thirty-five years in Kashmir, fifty-three years in Cyprus, and (as of writing) sixty-one years in the Middle East, as well as shorter deployments in Indonesia, Korea and Rhodesia. This volume also describes some smaller-scale Australian missions in the Congo, West New Guinea, Yemen, Uganda and Lebanon. It brings to life Australia's long-term contribution not only to these operations but also to the very idea of peacekeeping"--Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 852-874) and index.

ISBN:

9781108482981

1108482988

OCLC:

1048247785