Canada, the Congo Crisis, and UN Peacekeeping, 1960-64
Kevin A. Spooner
In 1960 the Republic of Congo teetered near collapse as its first government struggled to cope with civil unrest and mutinous armed forces. When the UN established a peacekeeping operation to deal with the crisis, the Canadian government faced a difficult decision. Should it support the intervention? By offering one of the first detailed accounts of Canadian involvement in a UN peacekeeping mission, Kevin Spooner reveals that Canada’s involvement was not a certainty: the Diefenbaker government had immediate and ongoing reservations about the mission, reservations that challenge cherished notions of Canada’s commitment to the UN and its status as a peacekeeper.
Năm:
2009
Nhà xuát bản:
Univ of British Columbia Press
Ngôn ngữ:
english
Trang:
280
ISBN 10:
0774816368
ISBN 13:
9780774816366
File:
PDF, 1.98 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2009