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Peacekeeping in South Sudan This page intentionally left blank Peacekeeping in South Sudan One Year of Lessons from Under the Blue Beret Robert B. Munson peacekeeping in south sudan Copyright © Robert B. Munson, 2015. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 978-1-137-50182-0 All rights reserved. First published in 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States— a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-50561-6 ISBN 978-1-137-50183-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137501837 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Munson, Robert B., 1967- Peacekeeping in South Sudan : one year of lessons from under the blue beret / Robert B. Munson. pages cm Includes bibliographical references. —ISBN 978-1-137-50184-4— 1. United Nations—Peacekeeping forces—South Sudan. 2. United Nations—Armed Forces—South Sudan. 3. Peace- building—South Sudan—International cooperation. 4. Peace-building— South Sudan. 5. Security, International—Sudan—International cooperation. 6. Munson, Robert B. 7. Armed Forces—Officers. I. Title. JZ6374.M87 2015 962.404'3—dc23 2014046832 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Amnet. First edition: May 2015 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 I dedicate this book to the five UNMISS soldiers from the Indian Army killed in an ambush in the South Sudanese state of Jonglei on April 9, 2013. I had visited their battalion and they received me warmly, but we did not know each other. The incident, though, brought into sharp focus the dangers of peacekeeping and for one year we were comrades-in-arms. Lt. Col. Mahipal Singh Warrant Officer Shiv Kumar Pal Sergeant Bharat Sasmal Sergeant Heera Lal Private Nand Kishore Joshi I also dedicate this to my family for sharing me with the United Nations and the people of South Sudan. They gave me wonderful support from across the ocean and a warm home to look forward to returning to: my wife, Laura, my daughters, Amy and Sarah, and my son, Robert. This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Maps and Figures ix Acronyms and Abbreviations xi Introduction and Acknowledgments xiii 1 As a Guinea Pig in South Sudan 1 2 Does the United States Do Peacekeeping? 9 3 Why Are We Here? 25 4 There Is No Intelligence in the UN: Working for UNMISS 35 5 J-5: Where Hope Was (Often) a Plan 49 6 Does PoC Mean “Protection of Cattle”? 61 7 Two Flags, Two Perceptions: Life in UNMISS 75 8 Living an UNMISS Life in Juba and South Sudan 87 9 UN-English and Other Curious Habits 103 10 Christianity Does Not Stay in the Church 113 11 I’m Here, They Are There 125 12 Tying It All Together 133 Notes 151 Bibliography 163 Index 167 This page intentionally left blank List of Maps and Figures Map 3.1 South Sudan Regional Map 26 Map 4.1 UNMISS Force Deployment in South Sudan 39 Figure 4.1 UNMISS Organization 36 Figure 4.2 UNMISS Force Structure 38
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