More than Fighting for Peace? Conflict Resolution, UN Peacekeeping,

This book provides a contemporary account of the linkages between the academic field of conflict resolution and the practice of military peacekeeping, through the lens of pre-deployment training for military personnel about to embark on UN peacekeeping op

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d Curran

More than Fighting for Peace? Conflict Resolution, UN Peacekeeping, and the Role of Training Military Personnel

The Anthropocene: Politik—Economics— Society—Science Volume 8

Series editor Hans Günter Brauch, Mosbach, Germany

More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/15232 http://www.afes-press-books.de/html/APESS.htm http://www.afes-press-books.de/html/APESS_08.htm

David Curran

More than Fighting for Peace? Conflict Resolution, UN Peacekeeping, and the Role of Training Military Personnel

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David Curran Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations Coventry University Coventry UK

ISSN 2367-4024 ISSN 2367-4032 (electronic) The Anthropocene: Politik—Economics—Society—Science ISBN 978-3-319-46303-2 ISBN 978-3-319-46305-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-46305-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016952003 © The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover photo: © Mr. Narongrit Vannarat, Bangkok, Thailand who painted and photographed the cover photo and granted the permission to use it for this book cover. The paintings of this Thai painter are at: https://www.facebook.com/narongrit.n.vannarat and he is at: [email protected]. Internal title page photo: Mongolian peacekeepers on patrol interacting with children in Leer County, South Sudan, January 5, 2016 (Leer, South Sudan). Credit: UN Photo/Zenebe Teklewold More on this book is at: http://www.afes-press-books.de/html/APESS_08.htm Copyediting: PD Dr. Hans Günter Brauch, AFES-PRESS e.V., Mosbach, Germany Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

Acknowledgements

This book has benefited greatly from the support of a number of people. First, I would like to extend my gratitude to Professor Tom Woodhouse, whose considerable contribution to the conflict resolution field has been a driving f