This is the personal story of Dame Margaret Anstee's experiences as Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the UN for Angola and Head of the UN peacekeeping mission there from February 1992 to June 1993. Formerly a colony of Portugal, Angola was awarded independence following the democratization of Portugal in 1975. After independence, disagreement emerged between Angola's main ethno-political groups which resulted in one of the most bloody civil wars the world has known. The author, the first woman to head a peacekeeping mission, intersperses personal experiences with events as…mehr
This is the personal story of Dame Margaret Anstee's experiences as Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the UN for Angola and Head of the UN peacekeeping mission there from February 1992 to June 1993. Formerly a colony of Portugal, Angola was awarded independence following the democratization of Portugal in 1975. After independence, disagreement emerged between Angola's main ethno-political groups which resulted in one of the most bloody civil wars the world has known. The author, the first woman to head a peacekeeping mission, intersperses personal experiences with events as they unfold, describing the horrendous sufferings of the Angolan people and analyses the reasons for the collapse of the process and the lessons for UN peacekeeping generally.
List of Illustrations Foreword Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Dramatis Personae PART 1: THE CONTEXT: PERSONAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL A Late Night Telephone Call The Background First Mission to Angola A 'Small and Manageable' Operation ... or making Bricks without Straw PART 2: THE MILITARY AND SECURITY SITUATION: FEBRUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1992 The Military Conundrum The Formation of the New Angolan Armed Forces The Police Imbroglio Alarms and Excursions PART 3: THE PREPARATION AND ORGANIZATION OF THE ELECTIONS MARCH TO SEPTEMBER 1992 The Prelude: March to May 1992 The Registration of Voters and the Electoral Campaign Politics, Pride and Personalities PART 4: DAY TO DAY LIVING Life in Luanda Vignettes from the Field PART 5: THE ELECTIONS AND THEIR AFTERMATH The Moment of Truth The Aftermath The Debacle PART 6: OVER THE BRINK The Bloodbath The Slide into the Abyss Cry Havoc PART 7: CONFLAGRATION AND MEDIATION ... And Let Slip the Dogs of War Peace Talks in Ethiopia From Addis Ababa to Abidjan The Abidjan Marathon PART 8: MY FAREWELL TO ARMS Going the Last Mile ... and the End of the Road Lessons of the Forgotten Tragedy of Angola Epilogue
List of Illustrations - Foreword - Preface - Acknowledgements - List of Abbreviations - Dramatis Personae - PART 1: THE CONTEXT: PERSONAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL - A Late-Night Telephone Call - The Background - First Mission to Angola - A 'Small and Manageable' Operation ... or making Bricks without Straw - PART 2: THE MILITARY AND SECURITY SITUATION: FEBRUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1992 - The Military Conundrum - The Formation of the New Angolan Armed Forces - The Police Imbroglio - Alarms and Excursions - PART 3: THE PREPARATION AND ORGANIZATION OF THE ELECTIONS MARCH TO SEPTEMBER 1992 - The Prelude: March to May 1992 - The Registration of Voters and the Electoral Campaign - Politics, Pride and Personalities - PART 4: DAY TO DAY LIVING - Life in Luanda - Vignettes from the Field - PART 5: THE ELECTIONS AND THEIR AFTERMATH - The Moment of Truth - The Aftermath - The Debacle - PART 6: OVER THE BRINK - The Bloodbath - The Slide into the Abyss - Cry Havoc - PART 7: CONFLAGRATION AND MEDIATION - ... And Let Slip the Dogs of War - Peace Talks in Ethiopia - From Addis Ababa to Abidjan - The Abidjan Marathon - PART 8: MY FAREWELL TO ARMS - Going the Last Mile ... and the End of the Road - Lessons of the Forgotten Tragedy of Angola - Epilogue
List of Illustrations Foreword Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Dramatis Personae PART 1: THE CONTEXT: PERSONAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL A Late Night Telephone Call The Background First Mission to Angola A 'Small and Manageable' Operation ... or making Bricks without Straw PART 2: THE MILITARY AND SECURITY SITUATION: FEBRUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1992 The Military Conundrum The Formation of the New Angolan Armed Forces The Police Imbroglio Alarms and Excursions PART 3: THE PREPARATION AND ORGANIZATION OF THE ELECTIONS MARCH TO SEPTEMBER 1992 The Prelude: March to May 1992 The Registration of Voters and the Electoral Campaign Politics, Pride and Personalities PART 4: DAY TO DAY LIVING Life in Luanda Vignettes from the Field PART 5: THE ELECTIONS AND THEIR AFTERMATH The Moment of Truth The Aftermath The Debacle PART 6: OVER THE BRINK The Bloodbath The Slide into the Abyss Cry Havoc PART 7: CONFLAGRATION AND MEDIATION ... And Let Slip the Dogs of War Peace Talks in Ethiopia From Addis Ababa to Abidjan The Abidjan Marathon PART 8: MY FAREWELL TO ARMS Going the Last Mile ... and the End of the Road Lessons of the Forgotten Tragedy of Angola Epilogue
List of Illustrations - Foreword - Preface - Acknowledgements - List of Abbreviations - Dramatis Personae - PART 1: THE CONTEXT: PERSONAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL - A Late-Night Telephone Call - The Background - First Mission to Angola - A 'Small and Manageable' Operation ... or making Bricks without Straw - PART 2: THE MILITARY AND SECURITY SITUATION: FEBRUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1992 - The Military Conundrum - The Formation of the New Angolan Armed Forces - The Police Imbroglio - Alarms and Excursions - PART 3: THE PREPARATION AND ORGANIZATION OF THE ELECTIONS MARCH TO SEPTEMBER 1992 - The Prelude: March to May 1992 - The Registration of Voters and the Electoral Campaign - Politics, Pride and Personalities - PART 4: DAY TO DAY LIVING - Life in Luanda - Vignettes from the Field - PART 5: THE ELECTIONS AND THEIR AFTERMATH - The Moment of Truth - The Aftermath - The Debacle - PART 6: OVER THE BRINK - The Bloodbath - The Slide into the Abyss - Cry Havoc - PART 7: CONFLAGRATION AND MEDIATION - ... And Let Slip the Dogs of War - Peace Talks in Ethiopia - From Addis Ababa to Abidjan - The Abidjan Marathon - PART 8: MY FAREWELL TO ARMS - Going the Last Mile ... and the End of the Road - Lessons of the Forgotten Tragedy of Angola - Epilogue
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