The author uses declassified primary source materials released by the Irish National Archives and relies on the notes and discussions of Government and legislative debates to demonstrate how the Irish governmental system operated to make the crucial decisions to dispatch contingents to UN peacekeeping operations.
Terry M. Mays is Professor of Political Science at The Citadel, USA.
Chapter 1: Introduction: Ireland’s UN Peacekeeping Policy in the Cold War Era.- Chapter 2: Potential Obstacles to an Irish UN Peacekeeping Policy.- Chapter 3: Sinai 1957, Lebanon 1958, and Palestine 1958.- Chapter 4: The Congo 1960.- Chapter 5: Cyprus 1964 and India-Pakistan 1965.- Chapter 6: Sinai 1973.- Chapter 7: Cyprus 1976-1977.- Chapter 8: Lebanon 1978.- Chapter 9: Afghanistan-Pakistan 1988, Iran-Iraq 1988, and Central America 1989.- Chapter 10: Namibia 1989.- Chapter 11: Conclusions at the End of the Cold War.
