This paper provides a brief preliminary account of sources of stress for American IFOR forces through the early period (first three months) of the operation

The author tries to explain the conditions in which soldiers of peace support units can de led to misbehave or, even, to commit atrocities. In addition, he provides a few recommendations to counter.

In this article the author confines himself to discuss the logistic support (without the technical details) of the Royal Netherlands Army (RNLA) operations in the former Yugoslavia.

The authors discuss the problems surrounding the functioning of soldiers in areas in which human rights are being violated. Central to this article is the question of how commanders in operations under difficult circumstances can contribute to knitting peace and security and human rights closer together …

With his article the author aims to contribute to the judgement of people facing questions of military leadership under difficult circumstances. It is based on his experiences as a leader of marine corps units. He tries to describe how some leadership principles can be used during Peace Support Operations …

In this first issue of the Netherlands Annual Review of Military Studies the Bosnian Experience is dicussed. The soldiers themselves - especially the Dutch ones - take centre stage. What did they do, or what did they do not? How did they and their home front experience it all? The contributions are the …

Overview of recent issues central to political, military, and academic debates about political and military exit strategies from conflicts and wars. One important concept is the supposed political military divide, time and again expressed in the dichotomy end states versus end dates.

Historical overview of CIMIC operations since 1945 : the authors deal with the development of CIMIC in World War II and its aftermath, during the operations in the decolonisation era, up to the current post-Cold War activities in the contextf PSOs. Their contribution clearly demonstrates that the content …

By means of the economic analysis of strategic behavior it is attempted to elucidate the decision making on peace support operations of the armed forces. The analysis reveals that the choice between peace keeping based on the supposed agreement of the parties involved in the conflict - and peace enforcing …