Canada, the Congo Crisis, and UN Peacekeeping, 1960-64
Title | Canada, the Congo Crisis, and UN Peacekeeping, 1960-64 PDF eBook |
Author | Kevin A. Spooner |
Publisher | UBC Press |
Pages | 298 |
Release | 2010-01-01 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0774858958 |
In 1960 the Republic of Congo teetered near collapse as its first government struggled to cope with civil unrest and mutinous armed forces. When the UN established a peacekeeping operation to deal with the crisis, the Canadian government faced a difficult decision. Should it support the intervention? By offering one of the first detailed accounts of Canadian involvement in a UN peacekeeping mission, Kevin Spooner reveals that Canada’s involvement was not a certainty: the Diefenbaker government had immediate and ongoing reservations about the mission, reservations that challenge cherished notions of Canada’s commitment to the UN and its status as a peacekeeper.
United Nations Peacekeeping in the Congo: 1960-1964: Full text
Title | United Nations Peacekeeping in the Congo: 1960-1964: Full text PDF eBook |
Author | Brookings Institution. Foreign Policy Studies Division |
Publisher | |
Pages | 476 |
Release | 1966 |
Genre | Congo (Democratic Republic) |
ISBN |
Canada, the Congo Crisis, and United Nations Peacekeeping, 1960-1964 [microform]
Title | Canada, the Congo Crisis, and United Nations Peacekeeping, 1960-1964 [microform] PDF eBook |
Author | Kevin A. (Kevin Alexander) Spooner |
Publisher | National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada |
Pages | 922 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Canada |
ISBN | 9780612719491 |
United Nations Peacekeeping in the Congo: 1960-1964
Title | United Nations Peacekeeping in the Congo: 1960-1964 PDF eBook |
Author | Brookings Institution. Foreign Policy Studies Division |
Publisher | |
Pages | 878 |
Release | 1966 |
Genre | Congo (Democratic Republic) |
ISBN |
United Nations Peacekeeping in the Congo: 1960-1964: Summary and conclusions
Title | United Nations Peacekeeping in the Congo: 1960-1964: Summary and conclusions PDF eBook |
Author | Brookings Institution. Foreign Policy Studies Division |
Publisher | |
Pages | 64 |
Release | 1966 |
Genre | Congo (Democratic Republic) |
ISBN |
The United Nations in the Congo from 1960-64: Critical Assessment of a Tragic Intervention
Title | The United Nations in the Congo from 1960-64: Critical Assessment of a Tragic Intervention PDF eBook |
Author | Fidelis Etah Ewane |
Publisher | GRIN Verlag |
Pages | 37 |
Release | 2010-04 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 3640604903 |
Essay from the year 2009 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Africa, language: English, abstract: The role of the United Nations and the West in the Congo between 1960 and 1964 can only be characterised as a tragedy. We are still witnessing the consequences of the myopic and misguided policies that were pursued by UN officials and western leaders at the time. This paper elucidates the story of how Lumumba was first betrayed and then murdered. It analyses how historians and political scientists have treated the conflict and suggests ways in which scholars from the two disciplines can cooperate better and learn from one another. The paper reverts to international relations theories that adequately explain what happened between 1960 and 1964.This essay critically examines why UN intervention in the Congo failed to achieve the intended peace that constituted the rationale behind its intervention. The essay will argue that perceptions and misperceptions among UN members exacerbated a rift between the UN and the realities of the conflict. And the Cold War ideology at the time and Belgium's support for Moise Tshombe to secede Katanga because of their hatred for Patrice Lumumba, greatly hampered UN mission as a peace machinery.
United Nations Peacekeeping in the Congo: 1960-1964: Appendices
Title | United Nations Peacekeeping in the Congo: 1960-1964: Appendices PDF eBook |
Author | Brookings Institution. Foreign Policy Studies Division |
Publisher | |
Pages | 170 |
Release | 1966 |
Genre | Congo (Democratic Republic) |
ISBN |