Other people's wars : a history of Australian peacekeeping
著者
書誌事項
Other people's wars : a history of Australian peacekeeping
Allen & Unwin, 2004
注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-293) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Australians have been involved in more conflicts as peacekeepers than as belligerents. This is a part of our history which every Australian citizen, and every school child, should know.Other People's Wars is the first book to tell the whole story of Australia's peacekeeping activities, from the four military observers Australia sent to Java in 1947 to our current deployment in the Solomons. Drawing on years of research in archives, visits to operations in the field, and interviews with peacekeepers, Peter Londey has written an account of our peacekeeping history which is at once both encyclopaedic and readable.Every Australian peacekeeping operation is here, with incisive accounts of the causes of the conflict, the aims of the multinational intervention, the Australian contribution, and the story of what happened. The book treats United Nations and non-UN operations alike and as well as describing the role of the military, it gives full coverage to missions where Australia sent civilian police.Other People's Wars highlights the diversity of Australia's peacekeepers: military observers tramping up mountains in Kashmir, or being shot at in Jerusalem; helicopters in the Sinai, RAN ships in the Persian Gulf; Army engineers in Namibia, doctors in Rwanda, signallers in Cambodia, infantry in Somalia and East Timor; civilian police in Cyprus and civilian peace monitors on Bougainville.
目次
Introduction1 An overview of Australian peacekeeping2 Indonesia3 Korea4 Kashmir5 Middle East I: 1947-19736 Cyprus7 Middle East II: 1973-20008 Into Africa9 Iraq10 Cambodia11 Somalia12 Rwanda13 Smaller commitments14 Bougainville and the Solomon Islands15 East TimorConclusionAcronyms and abbreviationsNotesIndex
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