Peacekeeping in South Lebanon - 9780815635710

Peacekeeping in South LebanonCredibility and Local Cooperation\nAuthor(s): Vanessa Newby\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Syracuse University Press, United States\nImprint: Syracuse University Press\nISBN-13: 9780815635710, 978-0815635710\nSynopsis\nAlthough the concept of credibility has been identified by the United Nations as a significant factor in successful peacekeeping operations, its role has largely been ignored in the literature on peacekeeping at the local level. In this book, Newby provides the first detailed examination of credibilitys essential place in peacekeeping. With empirically rich analysis, Newby explores the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and its navigation of political tensions in one of the worlds geopolitical flashpoints, a place where the missions work is constrained by weak local legitimacy born of a complex political situation. Identifying four types of credibilitytechnical, material, security, and responsivenessNewby traces the ways in whi.