Goldstein, Joshua S., 1952-
New York : Dutton, c2011.
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Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-371) and index.
• War on the street outside : Beirut, 1980 — The long-term trend : a trip in a time machine, 2011 to prehistoric times — Palestine to Congo : the invention of peacekeeping, 1947-61 — Angola to Mozambique : failures and successes of the early 1990s — The Kofi Annan reforms : consolidation and expansion, 1997-2006 — The Sierra Leone model : multidimensional peace operations, 1998-2011 — The unarmy : nonmilitary forces supporting peace — Peace movements : if you want peace, work for peace — Assessing progress : is peace increasing since 1945? — Three myths : finding the truth when conventional wisdom is wrong — Wars of the world : the fires still smoldering — What we can do : a new global identity.
• Presents balanced facts about the military-civilian death ratio in modern warfare while explaining how a general decline in armed conflict is revealing the effectiveness of peace.

Subjects:

• Military history, Modern — 21st century.
• War — History — 21st century.
• War — Prevention.
• Conflict management.
• Peace-building.
• United Nations — Peacekeeping forces.
• Peacekeeping forces.

Requested by Underhill, J