Paul D. Williams is Professor in the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University.
Alex J. Bellamy is Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Queensland, and Director of the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect.

List of Figures
List of Maps
List of Boxes
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Concepts and Issues
1. Peace Operations in Global Politics
2. Who Deploys Peace Operations?
Part II: Historical Development
3. Peace Operations during the Cold War
4. Peace Operations during the 1990s
5. Peace Operations in the Twenty-First Century
Part III: The Purposes of Peace Operations
6. Prevention
7. Observation
8. Assistance
9. Enforcement
10. Stabilisation
11. Administration
Part IV: Contemporary Challenges
12. Force Generation
13. Regionalization
14. Privatization
15. Use of Force
16. Civilian Protection
17. Gender
18. Policing
19. Organized Crime
20. Exit
Appendix
References
Index