Peacekeeping in Sierra Leone: The Story of UNAMSIL

Peacekeeping in Sierra Leone:

The Story of UNAMSIL

'Funmi Olonisakin
Hardcover: $45.00
ISBN: 978-1-58826-520-3
Paperback: $18.95
ISBN: 978-1-58826-521-0
The first in a series of "inside" histories, Peacekeeping in Sierra Leone relates how a small country—one insignificant in the strategic considerations of the world powers—propelled the United Nations to center stage in a crisis that called the UN's very authority into serious question; and how the UN mission in Sierra Leone was transformed from its nadir into what is now widely considered one of the most successful peacekeeping missions in UN history.

Olonisakin's rich narrative not only illuminates the ins and outs of the UNAMSIL mission, but also reflects on its meaning for current and future peace operations in Africa and beyond.

'Funmi Olonisakin is director of the Conflict, Security, and Development Group in the School of Social Science and Public Policy at King's College London. She is also founding member of the International Governing Council of the London- and Lagos-based Centre for Democracy and Development. Her numerous publications include The Challenges of Security Sector Governance in West Africa and Reinventing Peacekeeping in Africa: Conceptual and Legal Issues in the ECOMOG Operations.

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