Abstract
This article seeks to compare Australia's involvement in two key 1990s peace missions: those to Somalia in 1992-93 and Rwanda in 1994-95. While there are many similarities between the two missions in terms of time, scale and theatre, the differences are more important. Both missions are usually recalled as failures despite the Australian troops having been extremely successful in their roles during both deployments. Moreover the experiences with intervention in Africa seem to have forever blighted Australian participation in peace missions on that continent.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 467-491 |
Number of pages | 24 |
Journal | Small Wars and Insurgencies |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2007 |
Keywords
- United Nations
- Australian military
- peace keeping missions
- military interventions
- Somalia
- Rwanda