"This readable volume was written before the various peacekeeping debacles of 1993 in Somalia and Haiti, but its analysis stands up remarkably well in light of these fast-changing situations... Consideration of [the guidelines for peacekeeping laid out by Paul Diehl] might have saved policymakers considerable grief in the past year." -- Foreign Affairs

Paul F. Diehl is professor of political science at the Univesity of Illinois. His books include Territorial Changes and International Conflict and The Politics of International Organizations: Patterns and Insights.