Australia and the 'new world order' : from peacekeeping to peace enforcement : 1988-1991 /

HORNER David

Australia and the 'new world order' : from peacekeeping to peace enforcement : 1988-1991 / David Horner. - Port Melbourne, Vic. : Cambridge Univ Press, 2011. - xxviii, 601 pages , [64] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), col. maps, ports. (some col.) ; 26 cm. - Official history of Australian pecekeeping, humanitarian and post-cold war ; Vol. 2 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Recounts vital missions including Namibia (1989-90), Iran (1988-90) and Pakistan/Afghanistan (1989-93), and focuses primarily on Australia's reaction to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990, including its maritime interception operations, and its controversial participation in the 1991 Gulf War.

9780521765879 (hbk.) : 104.00 GBP


PPEACEKEEPING FORCES -- AUSTRALIA -- HISTORY
PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
IRAQ
GULF WAR
KUWAIT
POLITICAL CONDITIONS
AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCES