Building Trust: An Introduction to Peacekeeping and Arms Control

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Applies the social science concept of trust to the post-World War II history of arms control and UN peacekeeping. The authors introduce the reader to the principal factors in the arms race and the major challenges to peacekeepers while describing the specific institutional developments that promote confidence and trust among former and prospective future adversaries. In addition, they explore current military functional dilemmas of how basic war winning objectives can be reconciled to new peacekeeping and humanitarian duties. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.