| ID | 096915 |
| Title Proper | Major-general Sir Douglas Gracey |
| Other Title Information | peacekeeper or peace enforcer |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Smith, T O |
| Publication | 2010. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Current events in Afghanistan have once again placed the political context of British forces acting in difficult circumstances under the global microscope. This article focuses upon the high policy difficulties of administering peacekeeping duties by examining the controversial role of Major-General Gracey in South Vietnam and Cambodia in 1945. Gracey's British and Indian troops were deployed in French Indo-China to oversee the surrender of Japanese forces and the liberation of the Axis occupied territory. But they quickly became entangled in peacekeeping duties between the returning French colonial regime and the emergence of various Vietnamese groups determined to take advantage of the power vacuum. By examining both primary and secondary sources and scrutinising Gracey's private papers this article attempts to reappraise a difficult period in British history. |
| `In' analytical Note | Diplomacy and Statecraft Vol. 21, No. 2; Jun 2010: p226-239 |
| Journal Source | Diplomacy and Statecraft Vol. 21, No. 2; Jun 2010: p226-239 |
| Key Words | Douglas Gracey ; Afghanistan ; British History |