The Use of Force in Peace Operations

• Reveals the history of the use of force by UN peacekeepers from Sinai in the 1950s to Haiti in the 1990s.
• Examines the key issues in UN peacekeeping, including: when and how should peacekeepers use force to protect themselves, and is peace enforcement just war by another name?

Readership: Scholars and students of strategic studies, peace studies, international relations, and the United Nations. Professionals, consultants, defence analysts, journalists, and policy-makers in these areas.

"An interesting collection of ten chapters and numerous appendices for the officers of the armed forces who are called upon to perform peace-keeping operations." - U.S.I. Journal

"... thorough evaluation of how force has been used by operations under UN command." - Security Dialogue

"This book should be required reading for all special representatives of the secretary-general and force commanders and should interest anyone wishing to understand the complexities and dilemmas of peacekeeping." - Margaret Anstee, Times Higher Education Supplement

"Trevor Findlay's book is a work of solid academic research enlivened by descriptions of incidents that severely tested the UN criteria for using force over the years." - Margaret Anstee, Times Higher Education Supplement