books about: peacekeepers (psychological contributions multinational)

books about: peacekeepers

books:

The PeaceKeepers
Michael Dye

Advantage Inspirational, 2005

Police officers work in a world where there is constant struggle between good and evil. More than any other public service profession; those in the field of law enforcement are in a unique position to make a spiritual difference in the lives of both co-workers and citizens whom they encounter. However; without a firm spiritual foundation, the stress found in a law enforcement career can drag the officer down emotionally thus leading to stress in ...

Peacekeepers and Their Wives: American Participation in the Multinational Force and Observers (Contributions ...
David R. Segal, Mady Wechsler Segal

Greenwood Press, 1993

David and Mady Segal analyze the adaptation of American soldiers assigned to the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) in the Sinai Desert in support of the Camp David Accords, in the context of the evolution of multinational peacekeeping forces as mechanisms for achieving international security. The reactions of soldiers and their wives to the peacekeeping assignment are considered from the perspective of the social construction of reality, ...

The Peacekeepers (Star Trek The Next Generation, No 2)

10 reviews
Gene DeWeese

Star Trek, 1990

Great Book
If you are an fan of star trek the next generation books then you will want this book to go with the rest of the books so get you an copy and enjoy reading about the crew of the starship U.S.S. Enterprise-D. Rondall Banks

Chief Joseph: Nez Perce Peacekeeper (Famous Native Americans)
Diane Shaughnessy, Jack Carpenter

PowerKids Press, 1998

A biography of the great Nez Percâe chief who, struggling desperately to keep his tribe safe and free, led them on a flight to Canada.

Peacekeeper: A Major Ariane Kedros Novel

4 reviews
Laura E. Reeve

Roc, 2008

Exciting Read
Peacekeeper published by Roc and released in December of 2008 is "The First in a Brand-New Series". I first heard about the book from Laura Reeve's sister. We were both attending WorldCon in Denver last August. I wrote the title down and the next day bookmarks were out on one of the display tables. I put the book in my Amazon wish list and purchased it as soon as it was released. While I ...

The Psychology of the Peacekeeper: Lessons from the Field (Psychological Dimensions to War and Peace)

1 review

Praeger Publishers, 2003

An Excellent Guide to understand Peacekeeper's stress factor
The extent of psychological problems, regarding peacekeeper mission deployment and post-deployment, is well documented in good and recent research done by experts in diferents branchs of applied psychology. Also are suggested psychological intervention measures and procedures during the peacekeeper preparation phases in order to achieve a more resilient peacekeeper for deployment in operations. ...

Peacekeepers at War: Beirut 1983The Marine Commander Tells His Story
USMC (Ret.), Col. Timothy J. Geraghty

Potomac Books Inc., 2009

On October 23, 1983, near-simultaneous suicide truck bombings killed 241 U.S. Marines in their barracks at the Beirut International Airport (BIA) and 58 French paratroopers at their headquarters two miles north of BIA. In this long-awaited book, the Marine Corps commander of the U.S. Multi-National Peacekeeping Force that was destroyed by terrorists in Lebanon tells his story for the first time. Together, these suicide bombings comprised the ...

Deliver Us from Evil: Warlords and Peacekeepers in a World of Endless Conflict
William Shawcross

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2001

We have all seen press and television pictures of winding lines of refugees in Africa or on mountain passes in Europe and felt that 'something must be done'. In this urgent new book William Shawcross reveals what lies behind decisions by the 'international community' to intervene in a situation on humanitarian grounds, and what happens when the troops and aid agencies move in. It is a story of noble aspirations and often ignoble real politik. To ...

Peacekeepers

2 reviews

Tor Books, 1994

An enjoyable novel describing a very possible future...
This was a book I just happened to look at because it had a cool cover and decent premise, so I decided to give it a shot. Needless to say, I was pleasantly surprised by how entertaining and how fast-paced it was - the kind of book you can read in one sitting. In addition, the book has a good, surprising ending - I don't want to spoil it for you. Peackeepers is the kind of book that ...

Peacekeepers at War: A Marine's Account of the Beirut Catastrophe

1 review
Michael Petit

Faber & Faber, 1986

Great first hand account
This is a great account of a sad and pretty much forgotten time in our history. Cpl. Petit did an awesome job describing his time at Beirut and the day to day grind. A definite must read for everybody. Semper Fidelis from a former Marine.

The Prosecution and Defense of Peacekeepers Under International Criminal Law (International and Comparative ...
Geert-Jan Alexander Knoops

Hotei Publishing, 2004

With the subjection to ICC prosecution since the discontinuation of Security Council Resolutions 1422-1487 in June 2004, the ever important topic of international peacekeeping is poised to enter a new dimension. This is the first comprehensive study on the international judicial implications of prosecution of international peacekeepers and members of military crisis operations under the principles of international criminal law and especially ...

PEACEKEEPER - the Road to Sarajevo

11 reviews
Major-General Lewis MacKenzie

Harper Collins, 1994

First hand experience from top UN man in Balkans
I would warmly encourage anybody interested in Balkans to read this book. Author was commander of UN forces, first in Croatia and than in Bosnia. Like me, he came with an anti-Serb, propaganda influenced, opinion to serve in Yugoslavia, only to discover situation to be completely opposite from what media reported in the West. He writes objectively at all times, but many muslims from Bosnia (who ...

Oregon battalion will go to Mideast.(International)(National Guard: A photographer from Cottage Grove will be ...

The Register Guard, 2002

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Peacekeepers, Politicians, and Warlords: The Liberian Peace Process (Foundations of Peace)
Abiodun Alao, John MacKinlay, ...

United Nations University Press, 2000

When the international community responds to a massive humanitarian emergency, such as the one in Liberia, the operation that results is both complicated and ephemeral. The multifaceted nature of the problems in the crisis area attracts many different responses ranging from the deployment of thousands of international troops and observers to groups of civilians who act locally. Acting simultaneously but not always in concert with the response ...

The Peacekeeper
Shabbir Ahsan

iUniverse, Inc., 2007

Deep inside the jungles of Congo, Samir, on his peacekeeping mission, comes face to face with all the incredible challenges Africa has to offer. Cloaked in a cover of uncertainty, his only hope for surviving the mayhem of the brutal cannibals, gun-trotting child soldiers and the bloodthirsty belligerent rebels is his wit which he finds challenged every single day. As he lives through his ordeal, Africa surfaces to life with all her magnificence, ...

Sharing the Front Line and the Back Hills: International Protectors and Providers : Peacekeepers, ...

Baywood Publishing Company, 2001

Sharing the Front Line and the Back Hills points to a crisis facing international institutions and the media who seek to alleviate and report human suffering throughout the world. The goals of the editor are to tell the story of thousands of individuals dedicated to helping others; and to integrate issues of protection and care into all levels of planning, implementing and evaluating international intervention and action. The book ...

Canada's Peacekeepers: Protecting Human Rights Around the World (Amazing Stories)
Sheila Enslev Johnston

Altitude Publishing Canada, 2006

In an era of civil wars, ethnic cleansings, and genocides, Canada?s peacekeepers work feverishly for the salvation of thousands. In the midst of massacres and chaos, turmoil and desperation, machetes and machine guns, heroes such as Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire and Major Brent Beardsley cross barbed wire, language barriers, and ethnic divides to enforce peace.