The Long Search for Peace

Part I. Actor and Observer: the Early Cold War Years: 1. The origins of peacekeeping: Australia responds to the post-war world; 2. St George and the Maiden: Australian and the Indonesian question, 1945â"1947; 3. Inventing peacekeeping: the United Nations in Indonesia, 1947â"1948; 4. Failure: the United Nations in Indonesia, 1948; 5. Success: the United Nations in Indonesia, 1949â"1951; 6. Observing at a critical moment: Australia and Korea, 1947â"1953; 7. An intractable dispute: Australia and the Kashmir problem, 1947â"1951; 8. 'Tough men wanted': Australian military observers in Kashmir, 1951â"1971; 9. Australia and the problem of Palestine: peacekeeping in the Middle East, 1947â"1967; 10. The Six-Day War and after: Australians in the Middle East 1967â"1973; 11. 'If you're not confused, you don't understand the situation': Australia responds to the Congo Crisis, 1960â"1961; 12. Over jungle and swamp: Australian Army helicopters in West New Guinea, 1962â"1963; 13. A reluctant start: the road to Cyprus, 1964; 14. The first decade: Australian police in Cyprus, 1964â"1974; 15. Australia and the invention of peacekeeping; Part II. New Ambitions: the Later Cold War Years: 16. The new internationalists: peacekeeping after the Vietnam War, 1972â"1987; 17. A 'lop-sided' umpire: Australian military observers in Kashmir, 1971â"1985; 18. 'Snow Goose' and the 'Milk Run': RAAF transport support for UNMOGIP, 1975â"1978; 19. An island divided: AUSTCIVPOL in Cyprus, 1974â"1976; 20. Desert sortie: United Nations Emergency Force II, 1976â"1979; 21. On the Golan: Australian military observers in Israel and Syria, 1973â"1989; 22. Witnesses to civil war: Australian military observers in Lebanon, 1972â"1989; 23. Fumbling the political football: multinational force and observers, 1982â"1986; 24. The tribe that lost its head: finding a resolution in Rhodesia, 1979; 25. Into Africa: deploying the force to Rhodesia: 197901980; 26. A dangerous but crucial mission: monitoring in Rhodesia, 197901980; 27. The healing touch: Elections in Rhodesia, 1980; 28. 'The only show in town': Commonwealth Military Training Team â" Uganda, 1982â"1984; Part III. Carrying on: after the Cold War; 29. A sustained commitment: AUSTCIVPOL in Cyprus, 1974â"2006; 30. Uprisings and wars: Australians in UNTSO, 1990â"2005; 31. Service in the Sinai: Australia and the MFO, 1993â"2006; 32. In the midst of war: Australians in Lebanon, 2006.