Emmanual Wekem Kotia is a colonel of the Ghana Armed Forces with more than twenty-eight years of service. He is chief instructor and academic programs coordinator at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre.

This important book offers an in-depth look at the peacekeeping tasks, experiences and challenges of one of the United Nations most reliable and proficient peace building partners. Kotia’s highly readable and detailed strategic conflict assessment of Ghana’s peacekeeping experiences in Liberia and Lebanon provides not only a long-overdue description of this small West-African country’s impact on global security and conflict management, it also serves as a model for analyzing multi-dimensional peace operations and for drawing lessons that may shape the planning and conducting of future missions.

• 1.Introduction and Conceptual Considerations2.United Nations, ECOWAS and Ghana in Peace Operations3.Background and Geo-Politics of the Lebanese War4.The Ghana Armed Forces and the UN Peace Operations in Lebanon5.Liberia: Background and the Dynamics of the Civil War6.The Ghana Armed Forces and the ECOWAS/UN Peace Operations in Liberia7.A Comparative Analysis: Peace Operations in Lebanon and Liberia 8.Conclusion: Applying Ghana’s Experience to Global and Regional Peace Operations

Emmanual Wekem Kotia is a colonel of the Ghana Armed Forces with more than twenty-eight years of service. He is chief instructor and academic programs coordinator at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre.

This important book offers an in-depth look at the peacekeeping tasks, experiences and challenges of one of the United Nations most reliable and proficient peace building partners. Kotia’s highly readable and detailed strategic conflict assessment of Ghana’s peacekeeping experiences in Liberia and Lebanon provides not only a long-overdue description of this small West-African country’s impact on global security and conflict management, it also serves as a model for analyzing multi-dimensional peace operations and for drawing lessons that may shape the planning and conducting of future missions.

• 1.Introduction and Conceptual Considerations2.United Nations, ECOWAS and Ghana in Peace Operations3.Background and Geo-Politics of the Lebanese War4.The Ghana Armed Forces and the UN Peace Operations in Lebanon5.Liberia: Background and the Dynamics of the Civil War6.The Ghana Armed Forces and the ECOWAS/UN Peace Operations in Liberia7.A Comparative Analysis: Peace Operations in Lebanon and Liberia 8.Conclusion: Applying Ghana’s Experience to Global and Regional Peace Operations

Emmanual Wekem Kotia is a colonel of the Ghana Armed Forces with more than twenty-eight years of service. He is chief instructor and academic programs coordinator at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre.

This important book offers an in-depth look at the peacekeeping tasks, experiences and challenges of one of the United Nations most reliable and proficient peace building partners. Kotia’s highly readable and detailed strategic conflict assessment of Ghana’s peacekeeping experiences in Liberia and Lebanon provides not only a long-overdue description of this small West-African country’s impact on global security and conflict management, it also serves as a model for analyzing multi-dimensional peace operations and for drawing lessons that may shape the planning and conducting of future missions.

• 1.Introduction and Conceptual Considerations2.United Nations, ECOWAS and Ghana in Peace Operations3.Background and Geo-Politics of the Lebanese War4.The Ghana Armed Forces and the UN Peace Operations in Lebanon5.Liberia: Background and the Dynamics of the Civil War6.The Ghana Armed Forces and the ECOWAS/UN Peace Operations in Liberia7.A Comparative Analysis: Peace Operations in Lebanon and Liberia 8.Conclusion: Applying Ghana’s Experience to Global and Regional Peace Operations