Blue Helmet Bureaucrats: United Nations Peacekeeping and the Reinvention of Colo

Description: Blue Helmet Bureaucrats by Margot Tudor A history of colonial legacies in United Nations peacekeeping from 1945–1971, focusing on the influence of UN staff deployed to conflicts in the Global South. Margot Tudor identifies the unexplored colonial structures, racial prejudices, and organisational politics that shaped UN peacekeeping practices during the instability of decolonisation. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This history of colonial legacies in UN peacekeeping operations from 1945–1971 reveals how United Nations peacekeeping staff reconfigured the functions of global governance and sites of diplomatic power in the post-war world. Despite peacekeeping operations being criticised for their colonial underpinnings, our understanding of the ways in which colonial actors and ideas influenced peacekeeping practices on the ground has been limited and imprecise. In this multi-archival history, Margot Tudor investigates the UNs formative armed missions and uncovers the officials that orchestrated a reinvention of colonial-era hierarchies for Global South populations on the front lines of post-colonial statehood. She demonstrates how these officials exploited their field-based access to perpetuate racial prejudices, plot political interference, and foster protracted inter-communal divisions in post-colonial conflict contexts. Bringing together histories of humanitarianism, decolonisation, and the Cold War, Blue Helmet Bureaucrats sheds new light on the mechanisms through which sovereignty was negotiated and re-negotiated after 1945. Author Biography Margot Tudor is a postdoctoral research fellow at University of Exeter. She won the BISA Michael Nicolson Thesis Prize in 2021 and her article, Gatekeepers to Decolonisation, won the ISA History Sections Merze Tate Award in 2022. Table of Contents Introduction; 1. Testing the waters, 1945–1955; 2. Reckoning with Suez, 1956–1959; 3. Imperial aspirations, 1960–1961; 4. Obstructing self-determination, 1962–1963; 5. From stagnation to insignificance, 1964–1971; Conclusion. Review From the Sinai to Gaza, from the Congo to West Papua, Margot Tudors Blue Helmet Bureaucrats exposes how United Nations peacekeepers inherited the practices and mindsets of colonial administration. Tudors crisp account of the reality of liberal internationalism is revelatory for students of the United Nations and decolonization. Timothy Nunan, University of RegensburgMargot Tudor is among the brightest of a new generation of historians illuminating a lost international past - in Blue Helmet Bureaucrats she sets her clear eyed vision on the problematic politics of UN peacekeeping in the post-Second World War. This thick history sets the complex truth above all else; we see the legacies of colonialism, the limits of good intentions, and the real humans involved. Glenda Sluga, European University InstituteMargot Tudors account of the early years of UN peacekeeping reveals the power of mid-level UN intermediaries to limit the sovereignty of smaller postcolonial states, thus ensuring their alliance with a liberal internationalist order. Blue Helmet Bureaucrats provides a meticulously researched historical reckoning with the imperial origins of liberal internationalism. Meredith Terretta, University of OttawaWell researched and carefully written, Blue Helmet Bureaucrats is a stimulating read for specialists. … Recommended. D. P. Forsythe, ChoiceTudors argument in this book is multifaceted, demonstrating the interdisciplinary commitment to both the insights of IR and international history. Each aspect of the argument provides an avenue from which further research can develop, both in terms of tracing key conceptual themes and delving deeper into historical phenomena. Caroline Dunton, International Journal: Canadas Journal of Global Policy Analysis[A] vivid account of the formative years of UN peacekeeping practices. Daniel R. Quiroga-Villamarín, Global GovernanceI loved this book for multiple reasons, but above all, because it shows how practices we consider humanitarian, in fact, perpetuated power imbalances between former empires and their former colonies. It also helped me to think about the United Nations and its global role in new ways. Perhaps most importantly, it changed my understanding of international peacekeeping, showing that its history was often more violent than the name might imply. Julia Irwin, Shepherd Books[This] book is an exemplar for historians seeking new approaches for understanding the Cold War, decolonization and multilateral institutions. It should be on the reading list for all those interested in the modern-day shortcomings of the UN, and the broader international system. Hamish McDougall, International Affairs[A] stellar contribution to a growing literature that decenters the UN as an institution and encourages scholars to study how the UN acted in the world through field-based actors, rather than assuming the UNs power originated and acted solely within its highest echelons, such as the Security Council, General Assembly, and commissions. Ryan Glauser, Cold War History Promotional A history of colonial legacies in United Nations peacekeeping operations in the aftermath of the Second World War. Promotional "Headline" A history of colonial legacies in United Nations peacekeeping operations in the aftermath of the Second World War. Details ISBN1009264923 Author Margot Tudor Short Title Blue Helmet Bureaucrats Publisher Cambridge University Press Language English Year 2023 ISBN-10 1009264923 ISBN-13 9781009264921 Format Hardcover Pages 310 Imprint Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2023-04-27 NZ Release Date 2023-04-27 Publication Date 2023-04-27 UK Release Date 2023-04-27 Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises; 6 Maps; 17 Halftones, black and white Series Human Rights in History Subtitle United Nations Peacekeeping and the Reinvention of Colonialism, 1945–1971 DEWEY 327.17 Audience General Alternative 9781009264938 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:144834947;

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