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Definition of Peacekeeping operation
1. Noun. The activity of keeping the peace by military forces (especially when international military forces enforce a truce between hostile groups or nations).
Generic synonyms: Military Operation, Operation
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peacekeeping Operation
Literary usage of Peacekeeping operation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Regional Peacekeepers: The Paradox of Russian Peacekeeping by John Mackinlay, Peter Cross (2003)
"This remarkably vague provision was interpreted by Russia as a valid "entry
ticket"; a peacekeeping operation was then launched in June 1994. ..."
2. Enforcing Restraint: Collective Intervention in Internal Conflicts by Lori Fisler Damrosch (1993)
"As noted earlier, however, a peacekeeping operation has a right to use force in
self-defense, and perhaps a limited right to repel by force attacks designed ..."
3. Searching For Partners: Regional Organizations And Peace Operations by William Lewis, Edward Marks (1999)
"Moldova The peacekeeping operation in Moldova is also an ad hoc arrangement: a
... Although billed as a peacekeeping operation, the force more clearly ..."
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