Blue Helmets

Washington, DC: Brassey's, 2000. Second Edition. First printing [stated]. Trade paperback. Very good. Cover has slight wear and sticker resideu front and back.. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. xxvi, 320, [6] p. Illustrations. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Foreword by Ambassador Robert Oakley. From Wikipedia: "John Hillen (born 3 February 1966) is an American business executive and the former Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, nominated by President George W. Bush, who served from October 11, 2005 until January 11, 2007. He served as President & CEO of Sotera Defense Solutions formerly Global Defense Technology & Systems, Inc. (GTEC) from 2008-June 18, 2013. While at Sotera, he took the company public in November 2009. John currently serves on a number of corporate boards and is the Executive in Residence and Professor of Practice at George Mason University's School of Business. Dr. Hillen received his BA from Duke University, his MA from King's College London, his doctorate from the St Antony's College, Oxford, and an MBA from Cornell University. Hillen was an officer in the United States Army for twelve years. He has served in special operations and conventional units. He has been decorated for his actions in combat. While serving as Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, Dr. Hillen was the senior State department official responsible for coordinating America s diplomatic strategy with its military operations. He was also responsible for overseeing the department s policies in the areas of international security, security assistance, military operations, weapons removal and abatement, and defense trade. He was unanimously confirmed by the Senate. His work standing up the US s whole-of-government Counterinsurgency capability and strategy is profiled in Wall Street Journal reporter Nathan Hodge s recent book Armed Humanitarians. Prior to his appointment in the administration, Dr. Hillen served as the President of what is now CGI Federal Inc, the cleared American subsidiary of Canadian IT firm CGI, Inc. (NYSE: GIB). Previously he was the head of the defense and intelligence business at American Management Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: AMSY), which was sold to CACI International (NYSE: CACI) in 2004. Prior to that he was the Chief Operating Officer of Island ECN, Inc., a financial services firm in New York City. He is a trustee of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, the Committee on Economic Development, and The Foreign Policy Research Institute. He was for many years a contributing editor to National Review magazine, an ABC News consultant, and is a life member of both the Council on Foreign Relations and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Dr. Hillen is the author or editor of several books on international security, including "Future Visions for U.S. Defense Policy: Four Alternatives Presented as Presidential Speeches-A Council Policy Initiative" and "Blue Helmets: The Strategy of UN Military Operations", and he has been published in dozens of leading journals and newspapers including Foreign Affairs, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal."