Political Aspirations and Perils of Security: Unpacking the Military Strategy of the United Nations [Hardcover]

This book comprises of a range of case studies of military strategy, based on UN documents, observing and concluding the effectiveness of each individual case. Edstrom and Gyllensporre analyse the UN's military strategy, its consequences and its potential to fulfil political ambitions.List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Is there Utility in Applying Military Strategy? The Evolution of UN Peace Operations Mission in Southern Europe  UNFICYP Mission in the Middle East  UNDOF Mission in the Middle East  UNIFIL Mission in Northern Africa  MINURSO Mission in Central Africa  MONUC/MONUSCO Mission in Western Africa  UNMIL Mission in Western Africa  UNOCI Mission in the Caribbean  MINUSTAH Mission in Eastern Africa  UNMIS/UNMISS Mission in Eastern Africa  UNAMID Linking Political Goals with Military Objectives

This book is both an advocacy for better burden-sharing peacekeeping efforts and to take better into consideration military expertise. It is indeed high time that we reconcile political commitment with military efficiency.

- Dr Alexandra Novosseloff, Senior Researcher at the Centre Thucydide of the University 2, Paris

Political Aspirations and Perils of Security provides a significant contribution to the study of

strategic art. It breaks new ground by examining UN peace operations from a military

strategic analytical context. The book's case study approach works well and sets up the

background for the final discussion of how the UN processes address the fundamentals of strategy [...]

This is a valuable work in gathering and synthesizing key thoughts and analysis on UN

peacekeeping operations and presenting them in a clear and coherent manner.

- Professor William J. Flavin, US Army War College, Carlisle, USA

H?KAN EDSTR?M is Senior Researcher at the Swedish National Del³.