Overview

In The Fog of Peace, Jean-Marie Guéhenno reflects on some of the most difficult questions facing international interventions today. Guéhenno draws on his experience as the head of the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations from 2000 to 2008, a period that included intense negotiations and spiraling crises in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Sudan. He returned to the United Nations in 2012 to act as Kofi Annan’s deputy in negotiations designed to find a—so far elusive—sustainable solution to the war in Syria.

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Author:   Jean-Marie Guehenno
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   Brookings Institution
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.522kg
ISBN:  

9780815726302

ISBN 10:   0815726309
Pages:   354
Publication Date:   12 May 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Prologue 1. Afghanistan: 9/11 and the War on Terror 2. Iraq: Lingering Damage to the Idea of Collective Action 3. Georgia: The War That Could Have Been Avoided 4. Côte d’Ivoire: Elections Are Rarely the Shortest Route to Peace 5. Democratic Republic of the Congo: The Limits of the Use of Force 6. Democratic Republic of the Congo: Was It Worth It? 7. Sudan: Dangers of a Fragmented Strategy for a Fragmented Country 8. Darfur: Deploying Peacekeepers against All Odds 9. Lebanon: How to End a War 10. Kosovo: The Long Goodbye 11. Haiti: The Difficulty of Helping Others 12. Syria: A World out of Control 13. Making the United Nations Relevant in Today’s World Epilogue Acknowledgments Index

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In Afghanistan and Sudan I shared with Jean-Marie Guehenno the accomplishments and the frustrations he portrays in The Fog of Peace. This honest and probing account captures the realities of peacekeeping in the twenty-first century. It is a first-hand recounting of some of the most difficult work the United Nations has undertaken. --Lakhdar Brahimi, former UN Special Envoy to Syria and special representative to Haiti, South Africa, Afghanistan, and Iraq

The most important book to be written about peacekeeping in recent years is The Fog of Peace, a memoir by Jean-Marie Guehenno, the head of the U.N.'s Department of Peacekeeping from 2000 to 2008. --Foreign Policy

Jean-Marie Guehenno is a scholar-diplomat of immense integrity, intelligence, judgment, and charm. He won international respect during his eight-year stewardship of UN peacekeeping--no mean feat given those years coincided precisely with George W. Bush's presidency. What shines through this thoughtful and detailed account is the admirable way in which Guehenno maintained his own moral compass amid a swirl of competing pragmatic and political imperatives, never succumbing to the weary cynicism that so often afflicts international public servants. We could have no better guide to navigating the fog of peace. --Gareth Evans, Foreign Minister of Australia, 1988-96, and President of the International Crisis Group, 2000-09

Author Information

Jean-Marie Guéhenno is former under secretary general for U.N. peacekeeping operations; he is current president and CEO of the International Crisis Group.

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