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Blue Helmet: My Year as a UN Peacekeeper in South Sudan tells the story of a country, a conflict, and the institution of peacekeeping through the eyes of a senior American military officer working on the ground in one of the most dangerous countries on the planet. South Sudan is rich in natural resources, and its fertile soil could make it the breadbasket of East Africa. Yet it remains the poorest and most corrupt country in the region, plagued by disease, famine, and ethnic strife. Abductions, sexual violence, death, and displacement affect tens of thousands of people each year.
Edward H. Carpenter pulls readers into his world, allowing them to experience the powerful, poignant realities of being a peacekeeper in South Sudan. In the process, the author reveals how the United Nations really conducts its missions: what it tolerates and how it often falls short of achieving the aims of its charter—equal rights, justice, and economic advancement for all people—with the use of armed forces limited to serving those common interests by keeping the peace and preventing the scourge of war. It is a story that is eye-opening, unsettling, and always compelling.
Global leaders may fairly claim that they have done everything they can to help South Sudan help itself: they’ve dispatched thousands of peacekeepers and provided billions of dollars in aid. So why is the UN still struggling to fulfill its mandate to protect civilians and safeguard the delivery of humanitarian assistance? What could be done better? Bringing the reader to the forefront of action, Blue Helmet answers these questions and raises others about how modern peacekeeping missions are organized and overseen, shedding light on some of the contradictions at the heart of peacekeeping.
Edward H. Carpenter pulls readers into his world, allowing them to experience the powerful, poignant realities of being a peacekeeper in South Sudan. In the process, the author reveals how the United Nations really conducts its missions: what it tolerates and how it often falls short of achieving the aims of its charter—equal rights, justice, and economic advancement for all people—with the use of armed forces limited to serving those common interests by keeping the peace and preventing the scourge of war. It is a story that is eye-opening, unsettling, and always compelling.
Global leaders may fairly claim that they have done everything they can to help South Sudan help itself: they’ve dispatched thousands of peacekeepers and provided billions of dollars in aid. So why is the UN still struggling to fulfill its mandate to protect civilians and safeguard the delivery of humanitarian assistance? What could be done better? Bringing the reader to the forefront of action, Blue Helmet answers these questions and raises others about how modern peacekeeping missions are organized and overseen, shedding light on some of the contradictions at the heart of peacekeeping.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Foreword
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part 1
- 1. The Worst Day
- 2. Origin Story
- 3. Big Men, Strong Women
- 4. A Short History of South Sudan
- 5. Africa Wants to Kill You
- 6. The Land That time Forgot
- 7. Through American Eyes
- 8. Shoot, Move, and Resuscitate
- 9. Into Africa
- 10. A Short History of Peacekeeping
- 11. Disastrous Passions
- 12. Louder Than Words
- Part 2
- 13. Boots on the Ground
- 14. Colleagues, Caveats, and Contingency Plans
- 15. Freedom of Movement
- 16. The Lay of the Land
- 17. Easy Buttons and Hard Truths
- 18. An Outsider Looks In
- 19. International Relations
- 20. A Disturbance in the Force
- 21. The Agony of jmac
- 22. Coordinated Assessment
- 23. Orders in Work
- 24. Unity!
- 25. Women, Peace, and Security
- 26. Rhythm and the Rains
- 27. The Tigers of South Sudan
- 28. Inconceivable
- 29. unmiss Inaction
- 30. Fraying at the Edges
- 31. Things Fall Apart
- 32. No Country for Young Men
- 33. Strong Medicine for Tanks
- 34. Riek Machar versus the World
- 35. Until the First Bullet Flies
- 36. Juba Social Club
- 37. Nonworking Group
- 38. Friendsgiving
- 39. Clash of Clans
- 40. The Road Less Traveled
- 41. Up the Creek
- 42. A Long December
- 43. The Far Edge of the Empire
- 44. History Will Judge Us
- 45. Hub and Spoke
- 46. Not All Lives
- 47. A Sad State of Affairs
- 48. The Chance to Make a Difference
- 49. Maybe Just Once
- 50. Reconciliation and Rumors of War
- 51. Peace on Paper, Army on the Move
- 52. Troubled Waters
- 53. This Is It, Your Excellency
- Part 3
- 54. Crimes against Humanity
- 55. Come to Count the Dead
- 56. Potemkin Would Be Proud
- 57. Death by a Thousand Cuts
- 58. That Safari Way of Life
- 59. Calling It What It Is
- 60. Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned
- 61. Juggling Act
- 62. Love in the Time of Coronavirus
- 63. Such Sweet Sorrow
- Part 4. The Long Road Back
- 64. The Bitter End?
- 65. For the Record
- 66. August and Everything After
- 67. Admiring the Problem
- 68. Changing the Guard, Rewriting the Histories
- 69. Post-Traumatic
- 70. Good Offices
- 71. Slow-Moving Crises, Widespread Problems
- 72. How to Change the World
- Afterword
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Appendix C
- Notes
- Index
- About Edward H. Carpenter