Soldiers, Peacekeepers and Disasters

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

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2. Introduction: The Use of Soldiers and Peacekeepers in Coping with Disasters

   • Leon Gordenker, Thomas G. Weiss

   Pages 1-12

3. The Role of Military Forces in a Humanitarian Crisis

   • John Mackinlay

   Pages 13-32

4. Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Assistance

   • F. T. Liu

   Pages 33-51

5. Dilemmas of Military Involvement in Humanitarian Relief

   • Frederick C. Cuny

   Pages 52-81

6. Developing a United Nations Capacity for Humanitarian Support Operations

   • James O. C. Jonah

   Pages 82-96

7. Humanitarian Politics in the Sudan

   • Larry Minear, Thomas G. Weiss

   Pages 97-114

8. Back Matter

   Pages 115-118

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The volume examines the past and potential role played by both UN peacekeepers as well as other military forces in the provision of humanitarian aid. There is also an in-depth discussion of the 'downside' or possible dilemmas of resorting to military capacities as well as a case-study of the recent international response in the Sudan with a view toward breaking new ground in the delivery of humanitarian relief in countries torn by civil war.

• civil war
• coping
• crisis
• disaster
• Peacekeeping
• politics
• United Nations
• war

• Princeton University, Princeton, USA

  Leon Gordenker

• Thomas J. Watson Jr. Institute for International Studies Brown University, Providence, USA

  Thomas G. Weiss

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