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“… In this book, the author brings the results of his in-depth research as well as personal experience on civil-military coordination during the United Nations peace operations in Sudan, South Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. He analyzed challenges of bringing various stakeholders: host government, the UN agencies, the UN peace operations components, and local community with different cultural background under one umbrella to undertake projects covering health, education, agriculture, energy, and sports sector. I believe his contributions will serve as examples for future operations. This book will certainly help design a platform of sustainable development in any conflict-ridden scenarios...”

- Professor Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2006

"Khan’s new book presents an experience-centered, historical account of United Nations Civil-Military Coordination (CIMIC) teams in peacekeeping. I recommend checking it out!"

- Dr. Lise M. Howard, Professor of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and President of the Academic Council on the United Nations System

“…scholarly research linking history, conflict studies and international relations to UN peace operations with a focus on civil-military coordination as a critical tool of state-building...”

- Dr. David C. Emelifeonwu, Canadian Defence Academy & Royal Military College of Canada

“…an outcome of in-depth background research on colonization, decolonization, and civil-military coordination in UN peace operations in Africa...”

- Dr. Alistair D. Edgar, Department of Political Science Wilfrid Laurier University & Balsillie School of International Affairs, Canada

“… a must-read that fascinatingly portrays the ground realities and challenges of civil-military coordination in state-building during United Nations peace operations …… Read this book and learn the art of coordination in a post-conflict multinational environment …”

- Lieutenant General Abdul Hafiz (Retired), Former Force Commander United Nations Operation in Côte D'Ivoire & United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara

“This work offers an important new perspective on UN peace operations in Africa from a practitioner-scholar with years of experience on missions across the region.”

- Dr. Lee Windsor, The Gregg Centre/Dept of History, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada

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