Peacekeeping in Africa

With the departure of the Soviet and Cubans from Southern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa no longer comprises a part of the West's core strategic interest. America's experience in Somalia illustrated the folly of addressing with force what was essentially a humanitarian problem derived from the utter failure of the economic development of the third world. The human tragedy in Rwanda highlighted the seemingly interminable demands for external aid. And Liberia has depicted the gruesome realities of human failure in the only African land with at least historic (but non-colonial) ties to the US. This book provides a thorough examination of one dimension of peacekeeping in Africa: ECOMOG'S role in the attempt to bring peace to Liberia and the impact of this operation on the region.

Autorentext

Karl P. Magyar is Professor of National Security Affairs at the US Air Force Command and Staff College in Alabama.

Earl Conteh-Morgan is Associate Professor of International Studies at the University of Southern Florida in Tampa.

Inhalt
Preface - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction: Adapting Peacemaking Mechanisms in an Era of Global Change; E.Conteh-Morgan - International Organizations and Peacekeeping in Africa; G.Klay Kieh - The Politics and Diplomacy of the Liberian Peace Process; E.Conteh-Morgan - ECOMOG's Operations: Lessons for Peace-Keeping; K.P.Magyar - Liberia's Internal Responses to ECOMOG's Interventionist Efforts; D.Elwood Dunn - Nigerian Foreign Policy and its Participation in ECOMOG; T.Mays - Senegal's Role in ECOMOG: The Francophone Dimension in the Liberian Crisis; R.A.Mortimer - Sierra Leone's Response to ECOMOG: The Imperative of Geographic Proximity; E.Conteh-Morgan & S.Kadivar - Extra-Africa Interests in the Liberian Conflict; S.Byron Tarr - Conclusion: Liberia's Peacekeeping Lessons for Africa; K.P.Magyar - Index