TY - BOOK AU - Tudor,Margot TI - Blue helmet bureaucrats: United Nations peacekeeping and the reinvention of colonialism, 1945-1971 T2 - Human rights in history SN - 9781009264952 AV - JZ6374 U1 - 341.584 23/eng/20230104 PY - 2023/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - United Nations KW - Peacekeeping forces KW - Security, International KW - Conflict management KW - International cooperation KW - World politics KW - 1945-1955 KW - 1955- N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Testing the Waters, 1945-1955 -- Reckoning with Suez, 1956-1959 -- Imperial Aspirations, 1960-1961 -- Obstructing Determination, 1962-1963 -- From Stagnation to Insignificance, 1964-1971 -- Conclusion N2 - "A history of colonial legacies in United Nations peacekeeping from 1945-1971, focusing on the influence of UN staff deployed to conflicts in the Global South. Margot Tudor identifies the unexplored colonial structures, racial prejudices, and organisational politics that shaped UN peacekeeping practices during the instability of decolonisation"-- ER -