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Author:   Jean Bou (Australian National University, Canberra) ,  Bob Breen (Deakin University, Victoria) ,  David Horner (Australian National University, Canberra) ,  Garth Pratten (Australian National University, Canberra)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 4.50cm , Length: 25.20cm
Weight:   1.520kg
ISBN:  

9781107101968

ISBN 10:   1107101964
Pages:   680
Publication Date:   10 October 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Whither the good international citizen? Australia's approach to peacekeeping, 1991–96; Part I. Somalia: 2. Towards peace enforcement: Australia responds to the Somalia disaster, 1992; 3. Australian Force Somalia: deploying the 1 RAR Battalion Group, December 1992–January 1993; 4. 'The unforgiving school of trial and error': the 1 RAR Battalion Group in Somalia, January–February 1993; 5. Achieving the mission: Australian civil–military operations in Somalia, April–May 1993; 6. Maintaining a commitment: Australia's role in Unosom II, 1993; 7. 'Our name would not be worth much … if we turned tail': withdrawing from Somalia, 1994–95; Part II. Rwanda: 8. 'Somebody do something': the Rwandan genocide and Australia, 1994; 9. After the tempest: the first contingent to Rwanda, August 1994–February 1995; 10. Increasingly unwelcome guests: the second contingent to Rwanda, February–August 1995; 11. Mandate meets reality: Kibeho, April 1995; Part III. The Keating Government's Last Missions: 12. A success story in Africa: Australia and the Mozambique elections, 1994; 13. Adrift in Africa: Australian deminers in Mozambique, 1994–2002; 14. One for the alliance: the commitment to Haiti, 1994–95; 15. To the Caribbean: Australian police operations in Haiti, 1994–95; Part IV. The Howard Government's Missions: 16. Defining the national interest: the Howard Government and peacekeeping, 1996–2001; 17. Universal peacekeepers? Guatemala, 1997; 18. 'Backing a winner': Australia and the UN mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea, 2001–05; 19. 'Two guys can, and do, make a difference': Australian advisers in Sierra Leone, 2001–03.

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Jean Bou is a senior lecturer at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University. He is the author, co-author or editor of ten books on Australian military history. Bob Breen is the Director of Professional Practice Qualifications at Deakin University, Victoria, and a Visiting Fellow at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University. He is also the author of Volume V of this series, The Good Neighbour (Cambridge, 2016). David Horner, AM, FASSA, is an emeritus professor in the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University, where he was previously professor of Australian defence history. He is the Official Historian of Australian Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post-Cold War Operations. Garth Pratten is a Senior Lecturer in Military Operations in the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University. He is the author or co-author of several books on Australia's military history.

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