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Enforcing the Peace: Learning from the Imperial Past
Kimberly Zisk Marten
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Description for Enforcing the Peace: Learning from the Imperial Past
Hardback. Argues that the West's attempts to remake foreign societies in its own image - even with the best of intentions - invariably fail. This title focuses on various operations in Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, East Timor, Afghanistan, and Iraq, comparing these cases to the colonial activities of Great Britain, France, and the United States. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
Anarchy makes it easy for terrorists to set up shop. Yet the international community has been reluctant to commit the necessary resources to peacekeeping-with devastating results locally and around the globe. This daring new work argues that modern peacekeeping operations and military occupations bear a surprising resemblance to the imperialism practiced by liberal states a century ago. Motivated by a similar combination of self-interested and humanitarian goals, liberal democracies in both eras have wanted to maintain a presence on foreign territory in order to make themselves more secure, while sharing the benefits of their own cultures and societies. Yet both ... Read more
Anarchy makes it easy for terrorists to set up shop. Yet the international community has been reluctant to commit the necessary resources to peacekeeping-with devastating results locally and around the globe. This daring new work argues that modern peacekeeping operations and military occupations bear a surprising resemblance to the imperialism practiced by liberal states a century ago. Motivated by a similar combination of self-interested and humanitarian goals, liberal democracies in both eras have wanted to maintain a presence on foreign territory in order to make themselves more secure, while sharing the benefits of their own cultures and societies. Yet both ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231129138
SKU
V9780231129138
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About Kimberly Zisk Marten
Kimberly Zisk Marten is a professor of political science at Barnard College, Columbia University. Her previous books include Engaging the Enemy: Organization Theory and Soviet Military Innovation (1993), which won the Marshall Shulman Prize, and Weapons, Culture, and Self-Interest: Soviet Defense Managers in the New Russia. She lives in New York City.
Reviews for Enforcing the Peace: Learning from the Imperial Past
Brief and compelling book.
David Isenberg Asia Times Marten draws a sharp distinction between when the international community should assert a heavy hand and when it should tread lightly.
Salaman Ahmed Foreign Affairs It is a book that every student of world politics should read.
Andrew Preston International Journal Enforcing the Peace is well written, combining high ... Read more
David Isenberg Asia Times Marten draws a sharp distinction between when the international community should assert a heavy hand and when it should tread lightly.
Salaman Ahmed Foreign Affairs It is a book that every student of world politics should read.
Andrew Preston International Journal Enforcing the Peace is well written, combining high ... Read more