The Blue Helmets' First War? Use of Force by the UN in the Congo, 1960-64

by Trevor Findlay

Until the Somalia and Bosnia missions in the 1990's, the UN Operation in the Congo (ONUC) was the most violent UN peacekeeping operation ever conducted. Now, after more than 30 years, controversy still reigns over whether or not the UN overstepped its mission in the Congo from peacekeeping, under Chapter VI of the UN Charter, into enforcement, under Chapert VII. Much og this book is devoted to considering that question.

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Published October 29, 1999