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| 1 | | Introduction: The Problem and Research Methods by Walter C. Soderlund and E. Donald Briggs and Kai Hildebrandt | | 1 |
| 2 | | Liberia, 1990: ECOMOG I, "Operation Liberty," UNOMIL by Walter C. Soderlund | | 21 |
| 3 | | Somalia, 1992: UNOSOM I, UNITAF, "Operation Restore Hope," UNOSOM II by E. Donald Briggs and Walter C. Soderlund | | 43 |
| 4 | | Sudan, 1992: Humanitarian Relief Efforts Confront an Intractable Civil War by Abdel Salam Sidahmed and Walter C. Soderlund | | 73 |
| 5 | | Rwanda, 1994: UNAMIR I, UNAMIR II, and "Operation Turquoise" by Walter C. Soderlund and E. Donald Briggs | | 95 |
| 6 | | Haiti, 1994: "Operation Restore (Uphold) Democracy," UNMIH by Walter C. Soderlund and E. Donald Briggs | | 123 |
| 7 | | Burundi, 1996: United Nations and African Intervention Initiatives Falter by Walter C. Soderlund | | 155 |
| 8 | | Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 1996: "Operation Assurance," The Intervention that Never Was by Walter C. Soderlund and E. Donald Briggs | | 171 |
| 9 | | Sierra Leone, 1997: ECOMOG II, UNOMSIL, UNAMSIL by Walter C. Soderlund | | 193 |
| 10 | | Angola, 1999: 1,000 UN Military Observers Removed, 30 UN Civilian Observers Returned by E. Donald Briggs and Walter C. Soderlund | | 211 |
| 11 | | East Timor (Timor-Leste), 1999: INTERFET, "Operation Warden" by Walter C. Soderlund and E. Donald Briggs | | 231 |
| 12 | | Conclusion: Assessing the Comparative Impact of Mass Media on Intervention Decision-making by Walter C. Soderlund and E. Donald Briggs | | 259 |
| | | Contributors | | 287 |
| | | References | | 289 |
| | | Index | | 321 |