Ghosts Of Empire

"'Peacekeeping' has evolved from the optimistic altruism of its origins in the fledgling UN to the 1990s operations in Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo and East Timor, to what we see today in Afghanistan and Iraq. In other words, today's 'peacekeeping' bears a startling resemblance to the imperialism of a century ago."

David Isenberg, "Ghosts of Empire: Past, Present and Future," a review of Enforcing the Peace: Learning from the Imperial Past by Kimberley Zisk Marten, Asia Times Online, December 22, 2004.