Knights in White Armour: New Art of War and Peace (Pimlico)

by Chris Bellamy (Author)

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  Paperback
  1997

  $3.26

  Two hundred years have passed since Clausewitz first encountered war in 1793, at the start of a conflict which would consume Europe for 22 years. The 20th century has witnessed the world moving towards total war, and then back from the brink. In this timely and perceptive study, Christopher Bellamy develops a new theory of war and peace. Using his personal experience as a serving soldier and as a distinguished defence correspondent who has had front-line experience in Rwanda, Bosnia, the Gulf, Chechnya and Kurdistan, Bellamy focuses specifically on the way limited wars are conducted. And, in this, he inevitably examines the complex role of the UN, whose highly distinctive white armoured vehicles give the book its title. Knights in White Armour is a ground-breaking analysis of international politics and security. It takes a long hard look at the brutal face of war and also asks searching questions about the dilemma of peacekeeping - by the United Nations or any other body.

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  Hardcover
  1996

  $4.20

  The title of this text refers to the white armoured vehicles of UN forces around the world, and also to the UN's role as peacemakers, rescuers and guardians of law and order. The book explores the concepts of war and peace, which embrace diplomacy as well as humanitarian and environmental considerations. It also looks at how, having travelled all the way to total war, the developed world has sprung back to forms of tightly controlled limited war, and only when sanctioned, if not actually controlled, by an international authority - the UN. The book draws on recent examples of conflict, from Gulf to Bosnia, Rwanda and Grozny, where the author has had, as a reporter, first hand experience.