Peacekeepers and Their Wives: American Participation in the Multinational Force and Observers

Author:   David R. Segal ,  Mady Wechsler Segal
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Volume:   No. 147
ISBN:  

9780313274848


Pages:   200
Publication Date:   30 October 1993
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   David R. Segal ,  Mady Wechsler Segal
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Volume:   No. 147
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.457kg
ISBN:  

9780313274848


ISBN 10:   0313274843
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   30 October 1993
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

The Evolution of Peacekeeping as a Military Mission The History of Multinational Peacekeeping The Middle East: Crucible of Peacekeeping The Social Construction of Peacekeeping Research on Soldiers in the Sinai MFO Predeployment Adjustment to Peacekeeping Paratroopers in the Desert Lightfighters in the Desert The Return Paratroopers' Wives Lightfighters' Wives Peacekeeping in the Post-Cold War World

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"?Peacekeepers should be required reading for researchers and practitioners involved in any facet of peace operations, or multinational efforts. The book contains numerous significant findings, and consolidates and synthesizes the history of peacekeeping operations, including an in-depth look at American forces in the Sinai. The authors review changes in the nature of the military function, the history of peacekeeping operations, and the issues that remain to be resolved.?-Armed Forces and Society ?The crux of this essay is that family support groups are virtually indispensable to maintain stability within many military homes. The book attests to the remarkably high anxiety threshold that wives of peacekeepers develop through a provervial trail by fire.?-The Friday Review of Defense Literature ?The new instutionalism has yet to embrace studies of the military. Tthis book is an exception.?-Social Forces ""The crux of this essay is that family support groups are virtually indispensable to maintain stability within many military homes. The book attests to the remarkably high anxiety threshold that wives of peacekeepers develop through a provervial trail by fire.""-The Friday Review of Defense Literature ""The new instutionalism has yet to embrace studies of the military. Tthis book is an exception.""-Social Forces ""Peacekeepers should be required reading for researchers and practitioners involved in any facet of peace operations, or multinational efforts. The book contains numerous significant findings, and consolidates and synthesizes the history of peacekeeping operations, including an in-depth look at American forces in the Sinai. The authors review changes in the nature of the military function, the history of peacekeeping operations, and the issues that remain to be resolved.""-Armed Forces and Society"


Peacekeepers should be required reading for researchers and practitioners involved in any facet of peace operations, or multinational efforts. The book contains numerous significant findings, and consolidates and synthesizes the history of peacekeeping operations, including an in-depth look at American forces in the Sinai. The authors review changes in the nature of the military function, the history of peacekeeping operations, and the issues that remain to be resolved. -Armed Forces and Society The new instutionalism has yet to embrace studies of the military. Tthis book is an exception. -Social Forces The crux of this essay is that family support groups are virtually indispensable to maintain stability within many military homes. The book attests to the remarkably high anxiety threshold that wives of peacekeepers develop through a provervial trail by fire. -The Friday Review of Defense Literature ?The new instutionalism has yet to embrace studies of the military. Tthis book is an exception.?-Social Forces ?The crux of this essay is that family support groups are virtually indispensable to maintain stability within many military homes. The book attests to the remarkably high anxiety threshold that wives of peacekeepers develop through a provervial trail by fire.?-The Friday Review of Defense Literature ?Peacekeepers should be required reading for researchers and practitioners involved in any facet of peace operations, or multinational efforts. The book contains numerous significant findings, and consolidates and synthesizes the history of peacekeeping operations, including an in-depth look at American forces in the Sinai. The authors review changes in the nature of the military function, the history of peacekeeping operations, and the issues that remain to be resolved.?-Armed Forces and Society


?Peacekeepers should be required reading for researchers and practitioners involved in any facet of peace operations, or multinational efforts. The book contains numerous significant findings, and consolidates and synthesizes the history of peacekeeping operations, including an in-depth look at American forces in the Sinai. The authors review changes in the nature of the military function, the history of peacekeeping operations, and the issues that remain to be resolved.?-Armed Forces and Society ?The crux of this essay is that family support groups are virtually indispensable to maintain stability within many military homes. The book attests to the remarkably high anxiety threshold that wives of peacekeepers develop through a provervial trail by fire.?-The Friday Review of Defense Literature ?The new instutionalism has yet to embrace studies of the military. Tthis book is an exception.?-Social Forces The crux of this essay is that family support groups are virtually indispensable to maintain stability within many military homes. The book attests to the remarkably high anxiety threshold that wives of peacekeepers develop through a provervial trail by fire. -The Friday Review of Defense Literature The new instutionalism has yet to embrace studies of the military. Tthis book is an exception. -Social Forces Peacekeepers should be required reading for researchers and practitioners involved in any facet of peace operations, or multinational efforts. The book contains numerous significant findings, and consolidates and synthesizes the history of peacekeeping operations, including an in-depth look at American forces in the Sinai. The authors review changes in the nature of the military function, the history of peacekeeping operations, and the issues that remain to be resolved. -Armed Forces and Society


?Peacekeepers should be required reading for researchers and practitioners involved in any facet of peace operations, or multinational efforts. The book contains numerous significant findings, and consolidates and synthesizes the history of peacekeeping operations, including an in-depth look at American forces in the Sinai. The authors review changes in the nature of the military function, the history of peacekeeping operations, and the issues that remain to be resolved.?-Armed Forces and Society


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DAVID R. SEGAL is Professor of Sociology and of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland. He has written or edited six books--The Transformation of European Communist Societies, Recruiting for Uncle Sam, Life in the Rank and File, The All-Volunteer Force, The Social Psychology of Military Service, and Society and Politics--as well as many articles for scholarly and academic journals. MADY WECHSLER SEGAL is Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies at the University of Maryland./e She has published many articles in such journals as Social Science Quarterly, Defense Analysis, and Armed Forces & Society.

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