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As described in chapter one, today peacekeeping is more necessary, more desired, and more possible than ever before. Because of the change in the nature of the world’s conflicts, it has also become much harder to do. In its early years, the UN was most often confronted with interstate wars. Classical peacekeeping in such situations meant the UN simply had to separate two conventional armies belonging to two states along well-defined battle lines in a specific area. The UN then had only to monitor a cease-fire until the parties could negotiate a permanent peace.
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Jett, D.C. (1999). “Inconclusion”—Why Real Reform Might Not Be Possible. In: Why Peacekeeping Fails. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780312292744_9
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