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Podcast: New Books in Military History
Episode: Jonathan Fisher and Nina Wilén, "African Peacekeeping" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
Description: In African Peacekeeping (Cambridge University Press, 2022), Dr. Jonathan Fisher and Dr. Nina WilĂ©n explore the story of Africa's contemporary history and politics through the lens of peacekeeping. This concise and accessible book, based on over a decade of research across ten countries, focuses not on peacekeeping in Africa but, rather, peacekeeping by Africans. The book argues that âAfrican peacekeeping should be understood not as simply an adjunct, technical activity but as a complex set of practices deeply embedded within - and entangled with - Africaâs contemporary political economy.âDr. Fisher and Dr. WilĂ©n demonstrate how peacek...