Blue helmets : the strategy of UN military operations / John Hillen.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-313) and index.

"Blue Helmets is the first book to comprehensively address the performance of the United Nations over the past fifty years as an employer of military force and to examine the organization's ability to handle military operations. Analyzing dozens of UN military operations conducted worldwide since 1948, international security expert John Hillen answers important questions about the UN's competency to handle complex future operations.

This critically acclaimed book has been updated to include recent and possible future peacekeeping missions in East Timor, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, Kosovo, and elsewhere. In an increasingly volatile world, Blue Helmets should be required reading for all students of international relations."--BOOK JACKET.