A Peacekeeper in Africa: Learning from UN Interventions in Other People''s Wars

The author offers a rare window into the real world of UN peacekeeping missions in Côte dIvoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The authors story is one of presidents and prelates, warlords and warriors, heroes and villains, achievements and disappointmentsand innocent people caught in the midst of deadly violence. As he shares his front-line experiences, he reflects on the reasons for successes and failures and on the qualities that leaders need to successfully guide efforts to rebuild peace and prosperity in devastated societies. Not least, he also considers the UNs future role in conflict prevention and peacekeeping in a climate of increasing resistance to intervention in other peoples wars.